20 YEAR HOBBYIST KEEPING DIRTED, FILTERLESS TANKS |

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IN TODAYS COLLAB, WE FEATURE PATTY from Patty's Aquatics, who has been keeping dirted tanks for 20+ years, to share how he has been keeping dirted, filterless aquariums in his fish room.
PATTY's AQUATICS: / @pattys_aquatics
Dirted planted aquariums are undoubtedly some of the most natural fish tanks. Dirted tanks like the ones shown here are stable, healthy ways to keep fish.
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Credits:
Directed and edited by Aquafinity
Filmed by Patty's Aquatics
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 PATTYS AQUATICS INTERVIEW - INTRODUCTION
00:13 DIRTED FILTERLESS FISH ROOM
00:44 How many years in the hobby?
02:49 How many tanks, quick fish room tour
04:09 What types of fish do you keep, fav species?
05:30 Fav DIRTED setup/setups in fish room
06:43 How do you keep dirted, filterless fish room healthy?
08:08 Most memorable moment as fishkeeper
09:22 Fav fish to breed? Tips for raising fry?
10:19 How has the hobby changed over the years, advancements you found interesting
11:35 Advice from 20 years of experience
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@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the opportunity to show a little of my background before RU-vid. It was an amazing experience and really think it was a cool idea. 🙏😁👍

@Aquafinity 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, my pleasure as well. It was really fun doing this and great hearing your story! Happy holidays! 🎄

@thebackyardbear 7 месяцев назад

Very nice. Everyone must find the approach that works for THEM. Super nice tanks.

@AI.planet 7 месяцев назад

Nice video!

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

@@thebackyardbear thank you and couldn’t agree more 😁👍

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

@@AI.planet thank you it was a fun collaboration

@jerfle7787 7 месяцев назад

My aunt bred Neon tetras for a local fish store when I was single digits old. Always loved watching them swim around. Got my first tank when my son won gold fish at the fair. Rushed to wally world to buy a tank. A 10 gallon is all they had. Bought gravel and plastic plants. One fish died in a week. Second fish died a month later. I felt terrible about losing them. I knew I could do better. Started watching youtube videos to learn. 20 years later I have five dirted, planted tanks. Crazy to think how far I've come since then.

@chrishammer4749 6 месяцев назад

This is what I want my next tank to look like 👍 Great job.

@awilderireland 7 месяцев назад

People like Father Fish are pushing this style. But don't forget there are lots of humble Guys out there paddling their own canoe for years. Like Patty. When I lived in SF there was a tiny LFS doing this. There are a few RU-vid vids of that store too. From a Guy running a monster canister filter. 😂

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

Thank you 🙏

@LushSaltyAquariums 7 месяцев назад

Yessss! Love this guy. So glad Aquafinity hooked you up. Hopefully, one day they'll ask me!

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

It definitely was a fun experience 😁👍

@Aquafinity 7 месяцев назад

Merry Christmas everyone!

@nathananderton8546 7 месяцев назад

This is what I am looking for!

@pelhamsaquatics 7 месяцев назад

Merry christmas mate!

@pelhamsaquatics 7 месяцев назад

This is fantastic! Patty’s fishroom and his way of keeping fish and tanks is very impacting, great imterview! And very fun to watch🙂👍🏻

@Aquafinity 6 месяцев назад

thanks, Patty is a great guy and super fun to work with!

@krypticviper1613 7 месяцев назад

I have a 40 gallon that is about to be set up and I plan to do a dirted tank. I have a sponge filter and a heater still though.

@joeblogs-vx4ep 4 месяца назад

Absolutely excellent aquarium room / layout looks amazing thankyou for sharing 👍

@Sinserg 7 месяцев назад

Interesting tanks! He didn't say it but I guess he doesn't change the water very often and I am not complaining! he's so right there are many ways of doing things and still be successful that's one of the things I like the most about our hobby. 😬

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

You would be correct on the water change question. I don’t have a schedule typically every 2-3 months but only because I feel it’s good for the plants not for high nitrates. 😁👍

@Sinserg 7 месяцев назад

@@pattys_aquatics Nice 🙂

@Aquafinity 7 месяцев назад

@@pattys_aquaticsSame with me actually, apart from that I just add water when the water level gets low. Most of the time water changes are not needed for my setups. Walstad is surely the way to go!

@nathanbriner32 5 месяцев назад

“50$ huh” 😂 Mine was “it started with a 10 gallon now we have a fish room” She loves it though and loves to brag that we have a room dedicated to fish and loves to show it to people. I’m planning on setting up a native fish room in my garage. Thankfully she’s on bored and is excited to see it finished. Your tanks are beautiful!

@mexicalifishkeeper 7 месяцев назад

Awesome video, I really like what Patty is doing in his fishroom

@Aquafinity 6 месяцев назад

thanks, Patty's an awesome guy for sure!

@MCM1965 7 месяцев назад

Awesome interview!!! 😊

@Aquafinity 7 месяцев назад

Thanks! Patty is a great guy! 😄

@StreetAquatics 6 месяцев назад

Great job!!

@SkullAquatics 7 месяцев назад

Great to see Patty on here 👍👍👍

@pelhamsaquatics 7 месяцев назад

@SkullAquatics i agree its awesome curtis🙂👍🏻

@moutaintopfish1597 6 месяцев назад

Very interesting fish room. Been keeping fish since 1976. Myself. Noticed the wild varietie guppies. Looks like a lot of homemade lights and fixed tanks. Which is excellent because make most of my lights and have 4 tanks I built one is octagon and 2 old metal tanks I restored. Nice to see someone else doing the same stuff.

@Aquafinity 6 месяцев назад

Pattys fishroom is certainly one of a kind! I've never done any custom tanks before, got all of mine from Petco. How do you make a custom light?

@moutaintopfish1597 6 месяцев назад

I just buy under cabinet led lights from Walmart and plastic gutter from Lowes cut it to length and glue the light in it. You can also paint the outside black, some I covered with wood grain contact paper.

@sghettinona 7 месяцев назад

Great thanks

@piotrkulpa8034 7 месяцев назад

Very nice aquariums, love it. I also keep live bears fish but guppy fish just reproduce like crazy, good I have a pet shop near me, where I can left some of them from time to time.

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

Thank you😁👍

@TarasTankFriends 7 месяцев назад

Really great interview, I enjoyed it! 🙂👍

@Aquafinity 6 месяцев назад

thanks for watching Tara!

@AI.planet 7 месяцев назад

I really like his tanks, beautiful!!

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

Thank you 🙏

@akshraandbhavyacreations4926 6 месяцев назад

Very nice 👍

@Aquafinity 6 месяцев назад

thanks for watchin!

@IMaqua 7 месяцев назад

Beautiful natural aquariums. Greetings from across the pond and Merry Christmas.

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

Thank you😁👍

@Aquafinity 7 месяцев назад

Thanks! love your videos btw!

@IMaqua 7 месяцев назад

@@Aquafinity Thanks.

@nathananderton8546 7 месяцев назад

6:45 A more definitive answer to how does he keep natural dirted filterless tanks would in part be the choice of sand not gravel as the substrate. That is the first step and a very important part of the process.

@coldtex9324 6 месяцев назад

Nice puffer . I got a full grown fahaka puffer in a 75 gallon tank too . What kind of plants do u have in there ?

@pattys_aquatics 6 месяцев назад

Thank you. Pogostemon Stellatus octopus, Val ,Ludwigia and a Tiger Lotus! All easy fast growing plants and my puffer doesn’t mess with them which is good for me😁👍

@matthewblankenship7968 7 месяцев назад

I stumbled up on this guys channel a while back researching dirted tanks ….all my tanks are dirted except I do run a sponge filter still ..

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

There’s nothing wrong with filters I just like the extra real estate for more plants 😁

@Aquafinity 7 месяцев назад

do you ever use root tabs? I use them every once in a while when nutrients run low.@@pattys_aquatics

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

@@Aquafinity I do not, haven’t had an issue as of yet. I don’t use any liquid fertilizer either.😁

@AussieAquatic 7 месяцев назад

Livebearers Rock!!

@flybobbie1449 7 месяцев назад

Platies i have seem to pop out every few weeks.

@Aquafinity 7 месяцев назад

guppy gang!

@dudusiagata3117 7 месяцев назад

Witam serdecznie przyjacielu super piękne Twoje akwaria pozdrawiam z Polski miłego dnia życzę

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

Dziękuję bardzo 👍😁

@flybobbie1449 7 месяцев назад

My dirty tank i have to grab a handful of plants and remove every week there is so much growth.

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

That’s the one hassle of this style of tank 😁

@moonbear897 7 месяцев назад

I only get male live bears now. after having what seemed like thousands of platy fry - never again!

@Aquafinity 7 месяцев назад

Haha, they do seem to breed forever! I gave mine away a while back but recently got 3 more. Probably going to end up with a colony again! 😂

@hhtran82 7 месяцев назад

Hi how many hour of light a day is good? Thanks

@Aquafinity 7 месяцев назад

It depends based on your tank and plants, but usually I aim for 7-9 hours. I also use a timer which greatly helps :)

@flybobbie1449 7 месяцев назад

Here UK so many large tanks with all the kit for sale on eBay, can be quite cheap hobby.

@Aquafinity 7 месяцев назад

can’t agree more!

@rjhemedes 6 месяцев назад

I have filters in my tanks but really they are just used for water circulation since I only have bio balls in them and don't change filter cartridges. I don't do water changes either, I just add distilled water into the tanks to replace evaporation. I keep my tanks heavily planted like yours. I refuse to do water changes and the fish and shrimp are just fine and breeding.

@LazyAquarium 7 месяцев назад

What is your water change routine?

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

I don’t have a routine, I do change water but typically like every 2-3 months and not for nitrates only because I feel it’s good for the plants.

@joeblogs-vx4ep Месяц назад

Could this work with goldfish ? I want to establish a well / heavily planted electric filter free aquarium

@Aquafinity 14 дней назад

You can, but the plants need to be goldfish proof. Here are 5: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-woKYu9cZoeY.html

@erickborling1302 7 месяцев назад

Would you agree that gravel (even small-grained) is laborious and troublesome?

@pattys_aquatics 7 месяцев назад

I have had bad experiences with gravel and agree with your comment but I have had some tell me they like it. To each their own 😁👍

@Aquafinity 6 месяцев назад

Gravel works fine for me actually. I use root tabs for most my tanks and along with the fish waste, everything works out just fine. No filter and no co2. HNY!

@pattys_aquatics 6 месяцев назад

@@Aquafinity for a stand alone substrate I like gravel but for a cap of my dirt I do not at all 😁👍