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Dangers of Nitrates and Nitrites in your Aquarium! | Will it Make My Fish Sick?

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Laura the Biologist and Father Fish discuss the contents of water in the aquarium. The difference between water and what is in the water is an exciting insight. Their conclusion, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath!" Do not get rid of water filled with beneficial material.
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0:00 What's in the Water?
2:20 Nitrates are Non-Issue
5:40 Why Nitrites increase?
6:28 Water becomes a Solution
11:58 Nature comes through your front door!
12:59 Conclusion
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@FatherFish 3 месяца назад

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@dckyle Год назад

These explanations and analogies are what every fishkeeper (new and seasoned) needs to hear - thank you so much for this and for everything you do for the hobby!

@FatherFish Год назад

Appreciate your support DC.

@TimCurry04 7 месяцев назад

Which is why i'm here! To protect my $1000 Discus. I'm planted with alot of plant and floaters but I still want to learn more.

@jonstfrancis Год назад

I think the main problem is that too many people over stock their tanks. Balance is key. Good discussion, very enjoyable.

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you Jon. I agree. Overstocking fish is not supportable unless plants are extremely overstocked.

@Cougar139tweak Год назад

@@FatherFish I also think people misunderstand beneficial bacteria in your tank vs a Nitrogen cycle.....a cycle is a self sustaining thing.....No Plants or Algae....no cycle They remove the Nitrates! Plant growth = completion of cycle...Right? Am I crazy?? I don't have nitrates I have plants growing like mad though... Everyone always state how often to do water changes vs do you do water changes and what is causing the problem..... I last did this 22 years ago, (Back into it now) but don't remember this being a thing save for Ammonia spikes if you overstocked

@jennifermcfadden8713 Год назад

@@FatherFishare marbled cat sharks good for ten gallon tanks or do they need a bigger tank

@FatherFish Год назад

@@jennifermcfadden8713 They cost $300. and grow to upwards of 4 feet long. What is the aegis of you question?

@FatherFish Год назад

@@Cougar139tweak Excellent study Watch This.

@danyalrahman450 Год назад

I think a lot of the fixation by aquarists to change water so frequently comes from a compulsion to interact with their tanks on a regular basis. Nitrates, even though not demonstrably bad, are an excuse for people to get their hands wet. More people need to internalize that more work does not equal a better result in this hobby! Love everything you're teaching. Subscribing and sharing the video with friends. Much love!

@FatherFish Год назад

True. Some have complained they have nothing to do after setting up a stable tank. I encourage meditation! lol

@hummingbird3771 Год назад

@@FatherFish Sharing the beauty, basking in the balance, and continuing the sacred web of life is the reward I seek. I use all the time i save skipping water changes to propagate more plants and set up another tank, lol!! I stock heavy, I plant heavy, and integrate terrestrial plants as "wetland" filtration. Willow cuttings will sprout red roots from barnacle looking nodes, so pretty covered in blue shrimp!

@daktodakde Год назад

Greetings from Slovakia. I found your channel maybe about year ago and I re-did almost all my tanks to 2" of sand and 1" of lake substrate (stuff bought at hobby market in garden section). I was always looking to build an ecosystem not an high-cost, high-tech and high-maintenance display case. Now I can say I achieved my goals thanks to your debunking of most common myths in fish keeping. So thank you for providing all this usefull information through this platform.

@FatherFish Год назад

Delighted to read your comment Niekto.

@northwardfreedom Год назад

Hello from Ontario, Father Fish! Just want to thank you for sharing all your knowledge with us. You have helped me make a deeper connection to my tanks, plants, and fish - and they have never been anywhere near as prosperous as they are since I have adopted the Father Fish ways. I recommend your channel to everybody that I speak to about the hobby and of course I am already in the Shoal. It took me 26 years to find a hobby that I actually enjoy, but you helped take my interest in fishkeeping to the next level, making me want to delve into the ecology of the tanks and also our natural water bodies and fish. I fully believe you are helping me to find more of a purpose in life and I sincerely thank you for that.

@FatherFish Год назад

Wonderful comment Dylan. Very much appreciate you.

@emmanuelnalli Год назад

The clip of those angel fish from 8.46 till the neon rainbow fish is mine😀. They are my free give away clips. I am really happy that the clip is been used to explain such an important discussion of the aquarium and fish keeping.

@FatherFish Год назад

Emmanuel We are very grateful for your clips on Discord. They help us make videos that are interesting because they include tanks from around the world

@emmanuelnalli Год назад

@@FatherFish Happy to help, soon will post more such clips.👏👏👍👍

@jeffreybungle457 3 месяца назад

Im so grateful for the warm tone and unpretentious simplicity of these videos

@geotankmates3468 Год назад

Great discussion on a very important topic. Water is the source of our life and the life around us. Letting nature take care of our tanks has a way of humbling us to the great mystery of life on earth . Thank you Father Fish and the research team.

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you Geo.

@DashDrones Год назад

I watched this video a month ago and so much went over my head. This time after a month of enjoying my planted tank, everything now makes sense. Thank you so much FF❤️

@FatherFish Год назад

Nice to hear that Dash

@clairefaie5816 Год назад

This was the very question I was asking about. This was a fascinating watch. Thank you so much!

@FatherFish Год назад

Glad it was helpful Claire! We will be publishing on this in a few months.

@dax8753 Год назад

right Im convinced i will stop changing water

@Boogerboys1990 Год назад

Long as u got deep substrate and plenty of plants. Not over feeding helps also

@Caballerocons Год назад

Great insight. Priceless facts every fish owner should know. I'll be ordering some plans from you soon Father Fish. Thank you.

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you Raul. Look forward to your order.

@michaelstewart1682 Год назад

Hi from Scotland, I have finally found a fishkeeping sanctuary and endless natural imformation, if you listen and try to understand what nature has always tried to tell us all along, fishkeeping is a natural destresser and will bring us closer to the true nature that is all around us, follow what nature father fish is trying to explane to us, a 20 year old tank says it all, thank you so much.

@FatherFish Год назад

You are wise beyond your years.

@grenwood6551 Год назад

Yep I'll have to ask around in my garden forum who washes thier soil for spring 😄

@FatherFish Год назад

Get back to on that Gren. We could do a short. VERY short. lol

@ForgetMeNatz Год назад

I am gradually learning SO MUCH after subscribing and watching Father Fish videos. Since I love this hobby so much and want to keep my existing aquarium running healthily, Father Fish is whom I'd turn to. Thank you so much SIR.

@FatherFish Год назад

I appreciate your kind words Omesh. Be sure to join us on Discord. Friends would love to see your tank.

@MALLY_DAGS_TV Год назад

I was getting sick fish after sick fish doing the 20% for nitrates water changing. I decided a few months ago to try to just keep water hardness down by cutting ro water in to replace the evaporated water. To keep the hardness at 6 instead off gradually going up 12 So now I’m basically topping it up with rain water and haven’t lost a fish for a long time

@josephdonnelly3169 Год назад

Excellent content

@Eric_Allen Год назад

you might want to be careful that you aren't slowly lowering your kH, which is the buffering ability of the water to maintain pH. RO water with proper GH can still have a pH crash if it doesnt have enough kH

@MALLY_DAGS_TV Год назад

@@Eric_Allen yeah that’s the only one’s I do gh kh and ph now

@belshazzarsfeast35 Год назад

@@Eric_Allen great point. nothing wrong with the RO, just need to watch the tests. I use only RODI water, remineralized with Equalibrium and Alkaline Buffer

@TheFishyPlumber Год назад

I'm loving this water series, thank you!

@FatherFish Год назад

Glad you enjoy it tinger.!

@pasternackassociatesllc3425 Год назад

Love the natural look of those tanks. The huge surface leaves in the Gillsinthegrove tank look cool.

@FatherFish Год назад

The Grove is stupendous.

@miagifish Год назад

Good topic and subject to discussion. Very interesting. Great job Father Fish.

@FatherFish Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it Miagi.

@mortenpedersen9479 10 месяцев назад

Oh well, it is official; thanks to this guy and his great thoughts about aquariums has made be started up with the hobby...again. Great video as always.

@rayschnoebelen2455 2 месяца назад

Thank you Father Fish. I'm making the leap into the natural way of keeping my aquarium like yours I will try my best, and Father Fish We ALL LOVE YOU.....THANK YOU

@GlassBoxHero Год назад

Did you hire an editor? Your videos have sure stepped up.

@wingheiwong7336 Год назад

The new videos looks amazing! Love all the arts and music 🎶 !!! Super chilled 😌👍 even though its a pre recorded video I felt like I was right there watching a live stream 😅 love it 💕 😊 most importantly it’s kids friendly! I can watch it with my daughter and teach her about nature! 😇🥰

@bubblerings Год назад

Yes. The new vids are your ticket to an easy 100k subs!🎈 -Scotty on Maui. 🌈

@wingheiwong7336 Год назад

Thank you Laura and Father fish!!! Literally throwing out the baby with the bath water 💧 😂😂😂 Dig up your dirt, clean it, put it back ahhahahahhaha😂😂😂😂❤❤❤ pure gold!

@FatherFish Год назад

Hi Wing. Nice to see you.

@wingheiwong7336 Год назад

@@FatherFish greetings Father fish 🐠 👋🏼😊

@thefrugalaquarist3068 Год назад

I never change the water, I always just top off. Only two of my many tanks are tightly closed, the rest have some openings or are totally open so I just replace what evaporates. Pothos and peace lilly grow out most of my tanks and all have tons of java moss and some other plants keeping everyone healthy.

@FatherFish Год назад

Sounds very homey. Would love to see ome. Please join us on Discord and post pics.

@Tbug666 Год назад

I’m old school and back in the mid 1980’s I had a 55 gallon aquarium along with a hang on back filter and used an undergravel filter. I had only one red Piranha but after 5 years it got to be around 8” or so. Never once did I have a problem with water quality and truthfully only remember doing a few 30% water changes and that’s because my ammonia levels reached around 1 ppm because I left uneaten food in the tank for a couple days. You could even smell the ammonia if you got close to the tank. I never checked for nitrites or nitrates back then because I can’t recall anyone saying they were harmful to fish. Then again piranhas are very hardy fish and can handle water qualities probably of lesser quality. At least short term. They are messy eaters so live feeding is something I stopped within my first year. Now I recently bought 75 gallon and still use the under gravel filter along with 2, Seachem Tidal 110’s. Been almost a year and I have very good water parameters and yes, I have a nice bunch of java fern and a good sized anubia species. I also bought a UV sterilizer that truly did a great job one time early on with algae in the water making it somewhat hazy green. Only thing now it watching my nitrates. I can never seem to get them below 40ppm but guess what? It’s not a big deal like so many make it out to be. I highly recommend using the undergravel filter and with the money I saved I was able to buy a really nice, bluetooth Fluval light and much more. I forgot to mention I have 4 red bellied piranhas living in the tank that are around 5” in length. They were only maybe 3/4” when I got them.

@FatherFish Год назад

Cool fish. Donated the original school to the National Aquarium.

@themeditationresource Год назад

Thankyou so much for the valuable information. This has helped me see water in a whole new light. I have just set up a new tank and was going to dispose of all the 'mature water' from my old aquarium. Now after watching this I see how crazy that idea actually is and I am now going to include the mature water into the new set up. I also really appreciate the information about nitrate. I have been over here worrying about 100ppm of nitrate 0ppm nitrite and actually now I can see that it shows that my old aquarium had found its own equilibrium which I should have been celebrating. Thank you so much for your valuable information. You have a future follower from me!!!

@sharonkaczorowski8690 Год назад

Bless you Father Fish!

@FatherFish Год назад

Derlighted to have you in the shoal Sharon.

@angelgreenway9950 Год назад

Well. I've been following for over a week. Tomorrow is the big day I put all of my hard work into the tank and set it all up as you've said to do. I've mentioned you to all the fish stores I've been to too & they love you. I'm definitely spreading awareness of your holistic brilliance 🥰✨️💙

@FatherFish Год назад

Where are your stores?

@angelgreenway9950 Год назад

@FatherFish knoxville, TN. Aquatic Marine. Just tested my water today there & ammonia, hardiness, and alkalinity are extremely high. Gathered everything from a spring fed creek yesterday and set it up today. Bought more plants. I give it a couple days and I'll have fish 🫶

@user-vd6yo6nh4h 9 месяцев назад

I just found your videos on RU-vid and I was about to just give up my tank as I couldn’t keep it clean because it was a large gravel substrate. Well…I went outside after watching one of your videos about the natural tank and put some sand that’s been in a bag for 3 years that my late husband had to mix with cement into a horse bucket and ran a hose and stirred it up for about 30 minutes. That was the beginning of my natural tank. So simple and really makes all the sense in the world. All I had in my tank for ever it seems is a red tailed shark catfish that is huge now and some kind of sucker catfish…they look so happy now. The only thing is after about a month I purchased 4 blue neons, 2 silver neons and 2 plecos…only 2 silver neons and 2 plecos are alive after 3 days. I do know the lady that was catching them was very ruff. I’m sad to have lost them. Thank you very much for all your knowledge Father Fish !

@FatherFish 9 месяцев назад

The red tail shark might have killed the neons. They are tiny fish to put with large fish. Try some cichlids like severums, or angels.

@sghettinona Год назад

You're doing great things, wishing you all the Best!

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you dear Sghetti.

@SBVixen Год назад

Thankful that you are sharing your knowledge and experience with us.

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you Anabel

@iliutasilviu Год назад

Great video Lou! Getting better and better every week. It's amazing!

@FatherFish Год назад

Glad you think so Iliuta. We are working at it.

@mauricematla8379 Год назад

Somehow i missed this video. Alway's good too hear things from a slightly different aproach then one is used to.

@harrytruax5195 Год назад

10:33 great specimen of Plasticus Forkus....very rare indeed! 😀

@FatherFish Год назад

Actually quite common in certain locales.

@gavinpowell8538 Год назад

I like your ideas and am giving them a go atm. I noticed some of your tanks are not crystal clear, but wouldn't that be due to no water changes or maybe filtration. I understand your fish are happy and healthy, but I want to keep something pleasing to look at, scaped, crystal clear "art" if you get what I mean.

@FatherFish Год назад

I have tannins in several tanks. Ce careful what you wish for.

@Nomadistar Год назад

We have a flower garden & we have a crop garden...I need to go do a 90% soil change every day to keep all my plants. I am growing Discus & they are worse than Goldfish with the mess they cause! I love your channel & thank you & all that are involved so much. Father Fish = Common Sense has entered the chat!

@FatherFish Год назад

lol. I have noticed more and more farmers are digging up their plants once a week and transferring them into new soil. Lessons from the toilet bowl philosophy of tank maintenance. SCRUB, FLUSH, SANITIZE. REPEAT WEEKLY. (Thanks to Lucas B. for this)

@Nomadistar Год назад

@@FatherFish

@supergeeism 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for this invaluable education.

@petehamada7073 Год назад

Amazing minds in the field of aquariums

@FatherFish Год назад

It is a joy Pete.

@user-ce2jm1hz4t Год назад

Thank you Father-fish❤

@debrascheer4577 Год назад

I always learn so much from you. Thank you for all the great information! 🥰

@FatherFish Год назад

You are so welcome!

@MediTANKtion 11 месяцев назад

How have I not known about you!!?? I’m obsessed with your videos! Sorry this is off topic! I just love you!

@jenxu2 Год назад

I love this real information! Thank you!

@FatherFish Год назад

You are very welcome fran.

@tr0798 Год назад

1:35 Technically water actually can change from what is in it, and it commonly happens for example with acids and bases. Acidifying the water changes H2O molecules by turning the H's in the molecule into free hydrogen ions, and basifying breaks the H2O into free OH ions. Anyways, might be a bit nit picky, but yeah most water mostly stays water in the aquarium

@FatherFish Год назад

Intereting. So acid reduced water volume?

@tr0798 Год назад

@@FatherFish possibly, but its obviously negligible difference in volume

@iainaquariumagic Год назад

Such useful information. Thank you. This has definitely helped 👍👍🐟

@vipinpandey9713 Год назад

Great Discussion and Outcome. Thankyou Sir (Father Fish). Love and Regards, From, Vipin Pandey (My Hobby)

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you Vipin

@IsabellaM._ Год назад

Wow! Father Fish! Your channel is exploding! CONGRATULATIONS 🎉❤I'm so happy for you 🙂❤

@FatherFish Год назад

Thanks so much Isabella. We are moving along rather quickly. Will see how long this lasts.

@darnellfisher4148 Год назад

Hello Father Fish. Another great video. I definitely would love to hear this type of video of discus without plants. I hear so many talking about 2-3 water changes per week and even heard everyday water changes. But not to leave off planted tanks with discus and need or no need to change water would be interesting as well.

@FatherFish Год назад

Coming soon.

@Lardothefox Год назад

Tanks that can't have plants can have emersed plants out of the top of the tank like a pothos vinee

@darnellfisher4148 Год назад

@@Lardothefox that's correct indeed.

@darnellfisher4148 Год назад

@@FatherFish looking forward to seeing them discussed

@FatherFish Год назад

@@darnellfisher4148 In a few weeks we will have the opportunity to work with one of the top discus strains and breeding operations.

@darkshireaquatics 3 месяца назад

awesome video ff✌✌

@mattbatcher802 Год назад

I do believe in water changes while still recognizing how disruptive they are, I would still #1 say that taking out some dissolved or suspended material out can be good and #2 say that the system, depending on it’s maturity can be very resilient. And nitrogen stinks. Water is in a shape similar to the triangle forms that they put in the front of architecture like if there are pillars in front with a concrete triangle on top - same angles. It is in the shape of the golden ratio, 1.62 to 1 or so. The triangle has angles of 36, 36, and 108. Three of these triangles can be arranged/overlaid to form a five pointed star aka pentagram (which also inscribes a pentagon). My thoughts on pentagrams are that they can be used as a template for golden ratio and while I don’t really believe in a difference between white and black magick, I DO believe in the difference between empirical knowledge and strange practices. Sorry, too much, but I like fish tanks and geometry. Chlorine is a gas at room temperature, much more so at 78 or 80 degrees. It only stays in our tap water cause it’s trapped in pressurized pipes. Let it run over the filter a couple times and it is gone, and it has no chance to put much of a dent in the teaming mass of bacteria in a fish tank.

@FatherFish Год назад

LOL Nitrogen is, of course, odorless. Maintaining water quality, that is, controlling the nutrients in the water is critical to maintaining a no water change system.

@jmartinianovlogging1482 Год назад

Thank You Father Fish

@FatherFish Год назад

You are welcome JMartiniano

@freddievara8649 Год назад

Nitrates are not toxic yet you tube people tell everyone 10 to 20 ppm great video

@FatherFish Год назад

I know. Interesting yes?

@cristiansofake7854 Год назад

I got a nitrite spike of 1ppm last week because my power went out for 2 hours. I noticed all my malaysian trumpet snails coming out of the substrate & climbing the plants.

@FatherFish Год назад

Probably over feeding and dependent upon mechanical systems to maintain.

@45kittyboo Год назад

Good evening father fish 👋🏽

@FatherFish Год назад

Hello Cat Mit.

@tamingguppies Год назад

Plants is a need in aquarium

@FatherFish Год назад

Absolutely true TG!

@rohanarts1158 Год назад

HELLO I DO NOW EVERY WEEK WATER CHANGE ALL THE TIMES IK DID THE THINGS YOU SAY I HAD BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND MORE.... this is just my experience but i still like your channel

@tktropicals4997 Год назад

Great video FF.

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you TK

@MFTAQ Год назад

Loved this video it made so much sense.

@FatherFish Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@sarahbreisch4750 Год назад

Had an ah-ha moment, While a fairly neutral PH and very low PPM for ammonia and Nitrite are what we want, having 0 ppm of nitrate would actually mean my plants would not be faring so well?

@FatherFish Год назад

Precisely Sarah.

@seachangeau Год назад

I was told the water change was to drop the bacteria load - i heard you mention cloudy water in betta tanks but i think the bacteria count in the water column can go up before that invisibly and suck oxygen.

@martincamenzuli4774 Год назад

Great insight video.

@FatherFish Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@SarumanDeWhite 5 месяцев назад

About 5-6 months of FF videos digested now. Best free online course and I’m having fun setting up my second tank (40G breeder). My problem now is that I’m a lousy aquascaper.

@FatherFish 5 месяцев назад

Me too

@lamshao Год назад

I have some water wisteria “dying”. Should trim and leave the roots in and hope it grows back

@FatherFish Год назад

Yes. Try yo understand why it is dying. Join us on Discord we wil try to work it out.

@Airdaman1 Год назад

I love my planted tank. Thanks for the video. I want to be the best fishkeeper I can.

@FatherFish Год назад

Your tank will take you where you want to go TODubs. Join us on Discord.

@rgorji Год назад

So grateful for this video Father fish.

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you Reza

@rgorji Год назад

@@FatherFish Just so you know, I converted one of my tanks to your system tonight. Thank you for your videos as well as the advice. Since it was an established tank, it took a while to do. Appreciate it again.

@FatherFish Год назад

@@rgorji Please be sure to send some pics of your tank to Discord. Congratulations.

@Loveshell7 Год назад

So, these Tetra Easy Strips that every pet store & aquarium store tells us to use showing that your nitrates & nitrites are too high for my fish are fake and lie to us? Do I need to stop worrying about my fish because I keep fighting nitrates in my tank. They are always high.

@FatherFish Год назад

Add more plants and the nitrates will go down.

@wonderfulworldofwater370 Год назад

I look at a water change as a rainy day in nature. You need to recharge the system. I am my tanks keeper. I have to do what I feel is healthier for my inhabitants and control as it may be...it is necessary maintenance. I run a 50 Gallon acrylic tank and it has been running for over a year. I was doing the excessive water changes and have learned what and what not to do. Water changes every 2-3 weeks based on master test results and measurably 15 gallons per water change. I let the water sit for those 2-3 weeks before water change. I use 75% R/O and 25% tap blend. I don't keep plants of any kind. Just lacerock, spiderwood, and Aragonite/Imagitarium Sand blend. I have 2 large Angelfish, 9 tetras, and a Thomasoni dwarf cichlid. It works for my setup and my inhabitants. I am happy to also report 0 fatalities and 0 illnesses to this point.

@FatherFish Год назад

Totally understandable given your system. With a dirted deep substrate heavily planted these practices are unnecessary and detrimental.

@bashlivingstonstampededojo882 Год назад

Yes but what's the long-term effects of nitrates I tested my Creek water and it's always at zero nitrates or close to it you have to remember to if you take a fish from one aquarium with low nitrates and put in an aquarium with high nitrates it might still do damage nitrate shock

@FatherFish Год назад

Nope. Sorry. No such thing.

@bashlivingstonstampededojo882 Год назад

@@FatherFish no such thing as what nitrate shock.?

@laurag1076 Год назад

So good. 😊

@FatherFish Год назад

Oh yes!

@olivierpelland1027 Год назад

Good day Father fish. I thought I would write this here, was not sure which video I should choose as all are so good and always link to each others in some ways as the aquarium is a close loop :) I always had a deep substrate, but sadly I only fell on your videos a few months ago, so I could not prepare the perfect soil as per your recipe, but it's been the same old soil for now about 3 years. about 1-2" of amazon aqua soil and lot's of sand on top of it. Initially, I had African cichlids with only a few anubias so I was running 3 canister loaded with Biohome, everything was perfect, always between 0 - 5 ppm of nitrate. Then about a year and a half ago, sadly my stock got contaminated with a parasite and I lost it all. Now I'm running New world cichlids and have been adding more and more plants. Initially it was great, but then I ran into a small problem, my plants started to look starved, even if I was adding fertilizer that contained nitrogen and other ingredient, plants were not doing well but BBA and other algae were happy... So it's been about 2 weeks, after watching so many of your videos that I gathered the courage to remove all of my Biohome and only run my canister with foam, I'm finally starting to see some nitrate in the tank and at the same time, my plants are starting to thrive again. I'm sorry for this long post, but in resume, what I'm trying to say, is thanks to you, I gain the confidence to trust nature, and let the plants and the substrate do the job instead of adding all these outside element that were removing the essential food preventing me from having an healthy aquarium. You are a blessing for the fish community and I hope your channel keep on gaining more and more popularity as you help me reduce the stress factor of being a fish keeper by such a huge amount :)

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you Olivier. Your experience is the same as so many others who have finally surrendered to mother nature and learned the joy of fish keeping. Thank you for the lovely post.

@ArielBaezH 9 дней назад

Can you recommend books about water, fish, aquarium? whatever you consider important for an aquarist who left chemical aquarism to switch to natural aquarism.

@enzosoprano6992 4 месяца назад

right at this moment I tested the water today and it indicate the Nitrite is high. I will leave it as it is. I have a lot of plants and floating plants in the tank and good substrat with sand over it.. I have a 10 g tank with two nano fish and 8 shrimps only.

@GratefulOutlook Год назад

So you need plants to avoid water changes? Many cichlids will eat plants so water change still needed.

@top_mf_n_here1806 Год назад

Yea I have 9 Frontosa in a 125, they will tear up any plant and like to dig pits. Water changes needed for large Cichlids.

@FatherFish Год назад

Many plants are effective with Africans, mosses and algaes in particular. they are the natural food for thee kinds of fish.

@Jash3811 Год назад

When to chNge water for bare bottom goldfish tank. Ammonia is zero, nitrites at 5 ppm and nitrate at 5 ppm.

@FatherFish Год назад

hourly

@Jash3811 Год назад

@@FatherFishhourly

@richardsandwell2285 11 месяцев назад

I once made a mistake that killed fish, I set up a tank, did everything correctly, left the water to mature for three weeks before adding fish, did not over stock, then I got a test kit after a fish showed stress, maybe I was overfeeding slightly or something rotted but the Nitrites went high, so I did a water change, it went down, then after three days the Nitrites seem to shoot up again despite starving the fish of food. It ended up being the municiple water supply that was the problem. Instead of using dissolved gaseous Chlorine which dissipates rapidly from the water they were using Chloramine a chemical compound containing Chlorine bonded to Nitrogen what was happening was the water changes worked for the first two days or so, then all of a sudden the Chloramine degraded leaving the Nitrogen to form Nitrites, so it was the water changes that were raising the nitrite levels and killing fish, I should have use rain water and mineralized it or good spring water.

@FatherFish 11 месяцев назад

Good research. OR you might have not changed water.

@NEnigma777 4 месяца назад

Ooops. I was messing things up by changing my water when I saw nitrites and nitrates show up 😫. No wonder some of my plants have been looking sad lately

@robertflink8017 4 месяца назад

Whats the best pH for goldfish. I also have nitrates hard to get rid of thought I added some plants swords anubis plants

@secondplace4550 11 месяцев назад

My tap water is bad, I just test water and NO2 and NO3 are very high, how can I lower it asap without having to change the water? I need help

@FatherFish 11 месяцев назад

Add plants. Install deep substrate.

@luisvaldivia1927 Год назад

Thank you !

@FatherFish Год назад

You're welcome!

@VOV7KA1 Год назад

Hello, mister Father fish. Thanks for your wonderful videos very much. Because of you I stopped charging water in my 30 fish tanks and already see difference!!! I have a problem with Gidras . Maybe you have a secret how to getting rid of this annoying creature. Last time I used fenbendozole , but I not sure if I Have to change water after treatment..... Thanks again, best regards Alex

@FatherFish Год назад

I have a problem with Gidras too. The Asian youth community is enamored of Marx. Why is this? Are they that stupid? Chemicals will not solve the problem. It is a hearts and minds isssue.

@FatherFish Год назад

An intergenerational, transnational community and platform for radical and progressive Asian America facebook.com/gidramedia/

@jezusgezicht Год назад

nice video now i can show people a video why i dont need a water chance every week. bu only to fil upm the water that vaborites. my nitrates anad nitrites are ver low. i dont only use plants in the thank. i use big bambo to form a indoor river with plants and that work great for man years now greeting from the netherlands

@FatherFish Год назад

Would love to see your bamboo forest. Join us on Discord please

@jezusgezicht Год назад

@@FatherFish I just have join your discord. And post a little video of my bimbo river

@TheSalient1 Год назад

Awesome video great insight Mr fish, lemme ask you this, when i do water changes its every two weeks to a month , the fish love a fresh water change makes them even more active , u say water changes not necessary , but regardless of changing water introducing crap water to established healthy water as u say, the fish clearly love it , so my question is , is the water change not good for them when they clearly show they they love it? Lemme know thanks

@FatherFish Год назад

What is the love you experience? Is it, perhaps, racing around trying to get back to where they were comfortable?

@TheSalient1 Год назад

@Father Fish good point , so what your telling me is I never need to do a water change again just top it off from condensation and add more plants?

@WhatIsMisophonia Год назад

When I top-off water, the fish become very active as well. Likely, the fish think they're gonna get fed, and actually there may be a good biological reason for that. In nature, rain water washes fresh organic food sources into the water, which is why fish often hang out in high flow areas.

@StreetArtistsOfTheWorld Год назад

Question: If I want to take out some water to feed house plants, how much is acceptable? Up till 25% every week?

@FatherFish Год назад

How much do you need? It might be better to remove a small amount daily and replace it at the same time.

@StreetArtistsOfTheWorld Год назад

@@FatherFish A few liters every few days I guess. More interested to know how much I can get away with daily... 5%?

@FatherFish Год назад

@@StreetArtistsOfTheWorld 10% a day should not create a problem.

@taran5477 Месяц назад

So I have a 20 gallon tank with one dwarf, sucker fish in it and it is planted. It has a substrate of sand and dirt and I cannot get my nitrates to go down and I cannot get very many of the new plants that I put in there to grow. They wither up and disintegrate only the plants that I had had established before are the surviving ones and even those are starting to get brown leaves on them. What am I doing wrong?

@FatherFish Месяц назад

Add another inch of sand and start a food web.

@AsianAmericanGuy Год назад

I had a situation yesterday where all my fish died due to my filter releasing some kind of stinky oil substrate. I finished changing the water so I took a nap and before falling asleep I noticed my fish were all at the surface gulping air and didn't mind it. Slept for a hour, looked over to the fish tank and noticed the water was really cloudy so i jumped out of bed and opened the lid and smelt oil. 😢.

@FatherFish Год назад

Terrible. Years ago pumps were maintained with oil tahat could, under circumstances, release int othe waater. A horror. Throw it out!!

@hectorperez7655 Год назад

great videos

@FatherFish Год назад

Glad you like them!

@user-ii1ei9gw8t Год назад

what does this mean? should i stop using the kits for testing nitrates? i mean this is what i understood from all of this am i wrong in any way? thank u

@FatherFish Год назад

nitrates are nutrition.

@leebuchanan8194 Год назад

Hi, relatively new to fishkeeping, i have an 80ltr planted which im enjoying so much i made a nano, trying to learn and understand about water parameters, as with most im told regular water changes etc I have a test kit but was wondering if you would perhaps inform or make a video on acceptable parameters and possible rectification for being out? Thanks

@FatherFish Год назад

Yes. I will do that

@loveislife1332 Год назад

I am very intrigued by the things you talk about. What about a cichlid tank where they tear the plants up? I tried to keep plants for almost a year, and they kept dying due to the abuse from the cichlids. I'm going to put some floating plants in their tanks (a 55 and 75) but is that enough to remove the nitrates? How can I effectively house cichlids wo changing their water? My community and neo shrimp tanks are highly planted... I'm going to attempt this for them. I would love to not do weekly water changes

@FatherFish Год назад

deep substrate and overplant with heavy plants

@virgildatu6493 Год назад

What if u have no plants? U only keep fish like flower horns or ciclids , what do you do?

@FatherFish Год назад

There are plants that can be kept with large cichlids. Visit us on Discord to learn more.

@andreashessler838 Год назад

Keep terrestrial plants with the roots utilizing the nitrates. Pothos, peace Lillie's are both good. Ferns are even better in lower light.

@user-it8bi5mo3t 3 месяца назад

My situation. 2 month old heavily planted tank. Dirted tank sand cap. Nitrites are high. I checked for dead fish, but hard to determine because lots of plants. Ph is not acidic. Will the nitrite eventually correct itself?

@FatherFish 3 месяца назад

Yes

@r7m 10 месяцев назад

“Literally thrown the baby out with the bath water” Oh my, I hope not! I think she meant figuratively 😂😂😂

@alewilli11 Год назад

Saludos, buenísimo todos sus videos, espero se puedan subtitular al español. Un saludo desde Uruguay 🇺🇾

@FatherFish Год назад

Nosotras proporcionaremos subs españolas.

@1997goldwing Год назад

So can the water in the tank stay clear if you don't do water changes? I don't like cloudy water and I don't care for algae. Is it a bad thing to change water if you scrape off some algae off the glass and don't want it to stay in the tank. Do you dose any fertilizer at all in your tanks?

@FatherFish Год назад

Something you said makes me believe your fish will die if you do not maer regular water changes. Join us on Discord and let's review your situation. Link is in the description.

@EuroGupper Год назад

What about plant "nutrient burn"? Do high levels of nitrates damage the roots of plants or any part of the plant?

@FatherFish Год назад

no.

@dchkerries1 Год назад

In my 3 month old 7 gallon cube tank, the Nitrites and Nitrates have spiked really high. My Betta and Dwarf Ottocinclus are still doing fine along with my Mystery snail. I have a lot of plants. But my floaters seem to be dying. There is a lot of mulm on the sand too. The ph has also gradually raised from 6.5 to 8. When the ammonia spiked my Betta wasn't looking so good. So I tested the water and couldn't believe how high the ammonia was. I did do a partial water change with the water from the local pond. I'm getting some blue Neocardina Shrimp in a couple days, but now I'm worried that they will die when they are put in my tank. Help!

@FatherFish Год назад

They should be fine

@dchkerries1 11 месяцев назад

Well, 8 out of 10 shrimp died within a week of being in my tank. Hoping the 2 survivors will be ok and thrive!

@tr0798 Год назад

Looks like the discord server link doesn't work, looks like an expired link. Can you please post an updated one?

@FatherFish Год назад

It is in the description. Look t osee you there.

@SArch-111 Год назад

I notice you have plants in all of your tanks. What about people who keep fish that won't tolerate plants? Like mbuna cichlids? I've tried keeping various plants in my mbuna tank, and the fish always destroy the plants. So how am I supposed to achieve the "balance" you're talking about without plants?

@FatherFish Год назад

Algaes are plants. Mbunas eat plants. That is a primary food source in the wild. Feed green leafy vegetables and allow algae to grow. Certain plants will not be bothered. Try large Amazon Swords.

@caseylee1553 Год назад

Stupid question. My house is extremely humid. I pull about 8 gallons of water from my dehumidifier a day. Would that water be better than tap to replace with when adding because of evaporation

@FatherFish Год назад

If your coils are copper not a good idea. If steel or alluminium the distilled water will be perfect.

@caseylee1553 Год назад

@@FatherFish totally didn’t think about the metal content. Have been curious for some time. Thanks for the response.