Can u please tell more about discus fish. How many times to feed. How many times water change . Is that nessesary wat i read about water change and feeding that much.

@tony9t I'm struggling with my goldfish pond could I see a pic of your tank and do you have any advice

Well that is worth many bucks kosys. Thank you for the encouragement.

thanks, that is really the dream, a tank that does a lot of its own self maintenance. it would let me go bigger than i feel i could handle right now. i'm setting up a 40 gal that i plan to have pretty heavily planted. one because plants. lol. two because i think it enriches the tank inhabitants' experience. three, keeping the water in a better state for longer (and keeping fish safe.)

@@lurklingX People ask me all the time what my secret is when they see my tanks and my answer is always the same. Plants, plants, plants no matter the size of the tank. You grow a tank full of healthy plants and I promise the rest will almost take care of itself. People would be amazed if they knew just how little work I actually do to maintain my tanks. You just got to give the plants a helping hand until they say OK we got this. Then all you have to do is help keep it all balanced. For me the work comes in getting the tank set up after that I let nature take over, she just happens to be better at it than I am lol.

@@lurklingX Another little tip I would offer people is feeding. 90%+ of people in this hobby are over feeding their fish tanks and that is just a fact. Some will say if your feeding your fish 3 to 4 times a day then your over feeding your fish. I would go as far to say that if your feeding your fish every day, your feeding them too much. Now if you have a tank full of monster fish then that is obviously a different situation. If that is the case you probably don't have a tank full of plants either. I had no problem keeping a tank healthy but I did have problems keeping fish healthy until I stopped feeding them every day. I feed my fish once every other day now and rarely lose fish anymore. In fact they are spawning now like rabbits. Babies everywhere now. Something I'm going to have to address soon. See what happens when tanks get to healthy lol. Being advised to stop feeding my fish everyday by someone in this hobby was the single best piece of advice I have ever gotten in this hobby. Stop over feeding your fish people! Your fish will love you for it by living long healthy lives. And look their best while doing it. Happy fish keeping!

Excellent Wojtek

You go Robert.

Absolutely Fagner!

Great to hear!

You are so welcome Owen!

Welcome Kjiell. Join us on Discord for conversation, sharing, and friendship.

So nice of you Isabella, Wonderful to hear from you.

Build a food web gradually.

Thank you Sue.

So nice of you

Glad you enjoyed it Jarun!

It really is Phillip!

@@FatherFish Congratulations on the recent channel success. Been watching a long time. I gotta get over to discord ASAP!

Thank you Rohan. Would love to chat. Join me on Discord.

So happy to be a help Lucky Days.

Glad to hear it Angie! Thank you.

Thank you Benny. Sorry I will miss you in Florida. I shut down my store and moved to Maryland.

@@FatherFish Oh, sorry I didn't realize. When did you move?

Thank you Christopher.

Glad it was helpful TK!

Há muito mais que eu não sei

Working on it!

Thank you Rego.

That is sensible.

You got this Audra! Join us on Discord. Would love to see your tanks and chat about microfauna and other stuff.

You will have zero problems feeding every other day, I promise you.

Thank you very much Anselm!

That is awesome AMF!

​@@FatherFish Father fish, Iplease correct me if I missed a video on the subject but I've never quite heard your thoughts on the use of driftwoods, branches, etc. Would love to hear your opinion/knowledge on introducing sizable pieces of woods or even twigs into the aquarium.

@@RF_NY1 There is a video, maybee two, years oikf, abut driftwood. I specialized in it at mymy shop. I will do this again from the wild to the tank. Thanks for the heads up. AMF!

Great to hear! That's a relief. We were all concerned.

HO HO HO Cookie Monster. Love it. Glad you found some benefit.

Try this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9iFY611qdqwcoU.html

You betcha Cat.

That is awesome! I am guessing none of them is a 10 lb, 2 foot carp!

@@FatherFish no but some are bigger then the others .💞🐠🐟

You bet!

Absolutely brilliant. This is excellent production. Nature is feeding your babies.

daphnia and paramecium

You're welcome

You are very welcome Drine.

Thank you John.

@@FatherFish you're welcome 😊

Excellent Maurice. These are not uncommon diets at all and are critical for popular species.

@@FatherFish Certainly. But a not so experienced keeper might not know or not realise the fish in their care do not get enough. Over the years i have told many a goldfish starter that their cute orange friends need some salad on the regular.

Welcome

I only need 1000 more videos to become eternal. lol

Daniel, Feed your fish once every other day. Cut back on the amount and you will find they are more active, healthier, and your tank cleaner.

@@FatherFish Thanks for your answer. I will do that, an only charge 25% of the water. I have just looked at an previously video from you. The important thing that don’t shock your fish with too big water change. In my case 100 Liter water instead of 200 Liter water. Thank one more time for your good tips about fish keeping. 🙏😊😊🥰🙏

Large fish only require food once a week or less. Their stored fats and slow metabolism allows them to eat occasionally and thrive. During breeding season the food increases and they build breeding material and put on fat.

cories feed on the microorganisms in the substrate.

Absolutely correct Jim.

Frozen is second best.

​@@FatherFish well, glad frozen exists. i could try and culture and feed some things but unfortunately for me (in this hobby, gardening, and also actual fishing..) i can't handle worms. at all. can deal with a ton of things outside of that so i guess you'd call it a phobia since it's immovable. hell, even doing frozen is going to be a challenge on bloodworms and stuff. *heave.* i did however push to do probably 3rd or 4th best and got one of those betta treat wheels and just have to blank my mind out. new neon green kilifish didn't want to eat and was spitting stuff out. tried a few things. FINALLY, he went for the dried daphnia. (online mentioned normal foods they eat and that gave me the idea). i guess he was pickier since he was stressed and new. damn cool fish. admittedly an impulse buy. then read how they like floating plants and leaf cover and i found some things to put in like betta leaves and a floater from another tank. he's a new man. no longer hiding so much and man he hits food like a torpedo lol. i've been watching your vids off and on. and i love the angle you take on fish husbandry. creating ecosystems not just for looks but to function as one and to start maintaining itself. my 1st big project is moving into a 40 gal. i've never had larger than 10 gal. i had one of your videos in mind for a long time, highly planted, maintaining itself when stuff gets up and running. and i'm hoping to at least get partially there. minimal water changes, or at least very reduced, and happy plants happy fish. anyway, thank you for your knowledge and especially the stuff on food this episode. :)

Most critical to have a biological system that can handle the increased bioload. Build slowly.

i always thought it was nuts to keep an oscar, just on account of the size.... then i saw a white one with orange and fell in love. also didn't have capacity for large tank. now i think it's something i'll try and do at some point. your exp with food is helpful. i'll keep it in mind. : )

Yes. Excellent. I did not cover raw foods. ANY seafood is perfect. Raw chicken is excellent.

good. Do not overfeed. That can cause horrible problems if it rots in the tank.

lol. And the worse reality is you believe you are doing the best for them. Funny stuff. Pick the best and stick with it. When you run out switch to another.

Good luck!

Try improving the biodiversity in the tank(ff has videos on that). But then find something like moss which will grow faster than they can eat, make sure to get as much of it as possible since it's really good for nitrates

My goldfish became way more active since i increased my biodiversity. They like hunting stuff believe it or not. My goldfish are absolute units, i only feed once every 4 days now, they eat off of the moss and microorganisms daily though. You should join the discord if you haven't already. There should be people more experienced with tanks than I. But i hope this little bit has helped you with the goldfish.

@@ZK-hl6gx Thanks ZK. So many folks love goldfish.

@Father Fish Thank You :)

Truly simple. A jar with tank water in a window with some sunlight and a lettuce leaf. About 3 days and the tank is cloudy with paramecium.

Baby fish must eat daily, often continuusly. Live food is best for them and for the tank. microworms, baby brine shrimp, daphnia, scuds, etc.

Yes.

I prefer black tea,All are good.

Push most of them into the substrate. Leave one or two for nibbling. When you feed worms cut them into bite size pieces so that the entire piece is swallowed.

@@FatherFish Thank you so much. God bless you!

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Don't let your fish train you. lol

Top is live. Second is frozen. Third is freeze dried. After that are prepared foods.

@@FatherFish Those shrimp, daphnia, etc. aren't freeze dried. They are just dried, apparantly. Is that better than flakes and pellets or worse? I heard contradicting opinions. I am just confused.

A strong web culture will provide adequate natural food in the form of cyclops and scuds for small Tangs. Feed weekly if you feel it is not enough.

A hungry fish is a healthy fish. Every other day and create a food web. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9iFY611qdqwcoU.html

Not yet!

never

Absolutely Melissa.

Fyi, I've not changed water for more than a year and my tank is doing so well!

excellent observation.

Small amount daily is ok. Correct about cold.

i have a koi pond, and honestly they were good every other day. i noticed if i did daily they weren't as excited. and i figured they weren't as hungry. what's cool is after i took this house over and the pond/fish came with it... once i got more work done on the thing and plants in, they were a lot happier and even spawned last year. got 5 cute lil guys. (water lettuce and water hyacinth. but honestly they were kind of a pain as they duplicated too fast. PASS on water lettuce ever again. though, the fish would eat it but then it would get unsightly but also that it covered the surface. now, i just have 2 water lilies that after a year are now going WILD, grown over about 1/4-1/3 of the pond and this season went from one flower each to FOUR. and the koi love swimming through it and also getting shade and safety cover. i think putting them in is what really made them start spawning. i'd added the plants and they spawned even though there was a catastrophic failure of the pump system cuz the guy that built it was an idiot. WHY would you use nails in the wood crossbrace thing? and even like all different sizes and a lot were needle thin. i had put some k2 in there to increase the beneficial bacteria and even that minor bit of weight (hardly anything) made it nosedive, collapse, break plumbing.... and the plumbing was just as nonsensical (read: dumb). so i had to implement the 50 gal drum filter build i was going to do later as an upgrade. lost one of my favorites, and one other. took MONTHS to rebalance the beneficial bacteria and daily ammonia neutralizer and weekly water changes. god, the stress. anyhow, during the chaos and death, THAT's when they spawned, like what the hell....... lol. quick, it's the end of the world, let's shag! this year they did a few times and instead of seeing tadpole sized babies and watching them grow, they sure got a head start compared to last year. clocked 2 so far, and they are nearly an inch already. the tadpole sized ones were so small they didn't even have color. a lot of the pond runs itself and honestly has been fine even if not doing a change even every month. i try and do it by the month. (koi place estimated it's 900 gallons.... but idk i'm thinking more like 600. based on fill times and calculations i did.)

Use a large net or trap them in their nest. If you can leave them in the tank the babies will have a better chance of surviving.

yes

I feed it direct.

Add a fish like a betta to clean up the planaria. Do not know what you mean about dust. Probably need to add another 2" of sand to your substrate.

@@FatherFish 🤔done sir

That is awesome Bacon!

live: microworm and paramecium. dry: larvae powder. I see these at father.fish.

The oil will enter the water and create a scum that will prevent oxygen exchange.

@FatherFish Of course that's a concern..do you have a remedy?

The resurrection jar is intended to provide just that.

I do not have foods listed. I will work on it.