Food for Fish | 7 Rules for Feeding Your Fish

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7 Father Fish rules for healthy, happy fish. Learn these 7 rules and your fish will be healthy.
CONTENTS:
0:00 introduction
1:27 - Feeding Fry and Parents
2:43 - Food for Breeding
3:54 - Food Diversity is Not Good
5:55 - Live Food vs Processed Food
7:12 - Frequency of Feeding
8:39 - Size of Food
9:50 - Visit Discord
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@FatherFish Месяц назад

STEM PLANTS BUNDLE SALE - Over 75 plants - 15 Species for $59! Limited Time OFFER so HURRY! father-fish-aquarium.myshopify.com/ For Special Soil Supplements, Plants, FIsh & Merch in your country: fatherfish.fish/

@tony9t 25 дней назад

Killed 6 fish in a a few months. Started feeding 3 times a week, less water changes, sand and soil as substrate, planted aquarium and ‘NO chemicals. Never lost a fish since. Been 2 years now.

@kosys5338 Год назад

The two biggest things I took away from this channel is one, dealing with water changes and two feeding. Advice from father fish on just these two topics has totally changed my fish keeping experience. I have a heavily planted 90 gallon community tank and it is absolutely thriving I feed about three times a week and I have just stopped doing regular weekly water changes for the sake of changing water. I figured I'm going to stop doing regular water changes and start testing the water and will only change water if I have to. well it's been over a month now and the water quality is not changing, it's remaining the same as when I started. The tank is just over a year old now and I have to do very little to maintain it, it's as if the tank is almost taking care of itself. When it comes to maintaining my tank the best thing I ever did was listen to advice from father fish and I think it would serve other fish keepers out there well to do the same. Happy fish keeping everyone, Cheers! P.S. If your stressing out over your aquarium then I would advise you to start watching Father Fish's videos. He has provided the answers your looking for and it's free advice to boot. A big Thank You goes out to Father Fish for sharing his wealth of experience, it has been of great value to me and has made me a far better fish keeper and helped me find success in this hobby. And that my friends is my two cents worth.

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@lurklingX 21 день назад

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.)

@kosys5338 20 дней назад

@@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.

@kosys5338 20 дней назад

@@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!

@wojtekross4654 Год назад

i'm trying to feed my fish every two days, with small portions once that day. And in my opinion they are looking good. Thank you Father Fish :)

@FatherFish Год назад

Excellent Wojtek

@RobertMoscicki Год назад

One of the best advice on YT !!! I feed 3 times a week

@FatherFish Год назад

You go Robert.

@IsabellaM._ Год назад

Father Fish ❤ terrific information 🙂🐟🐠

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@lurklingX 21 день назад

2 things that were particularly helpful: 1) you don't need diversity of food. 2) feed community tank 2x a week not daily. i always thought you want diversity since flake food and stuff is limited. and, maybe the feeding frequency depends on the fish, i'd just never heard that. i'll go look into it though. it would certainly keep the tank cleaner for longer.

@Firebird894 Год назад

All I use to feed tiny baby fish is this and it costs nothing and takes almost no effort and has no risk of fowling the water. I keep buckets and tubs outside under the trees and grow moss and algae in them. I Keep a screen over to keep out bigger bugs dragonflies etc and I just put leaves bark and sticks in it. I throw a little grass clippings in now and then and a little bit of flake food but thats not needed I found it gets it going faster. When I have eggs when I am getting fish ready to breed or I have fry I take a clump of moss out of the tub algae and leaves and all stuck to it and throw it straight in the tank with a little bit of mud. Thats it once every week or 2 I put in a bit more or swap it out it has everything growing in it those babies need when they are first hatched for quite a while till they can eat bigger food. That is all I do and it grows them perfectly with no water changes hardly at all. I just have tubs with baby fish and eggs I do that and I start seeing fry in there and they grow and it takes little effort from me. When they look big enough I start giving them some 55% protien powdered up pellets and brine shrimp but I still do the moss from outside even for the breeders because they know it has food in it the babies can eat. It is that easy.

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@luckydays8239 Год назад

This video and you . 😌So relaxing so informative 😌 I'm feel good now ....by Ur guidance my fishes are healthy and happy for 4 months 😌deep substrate 🤗 thank you 🤩

@FatherFish Год назад

So happy to be a help Lucky Days.

@brandhark7935 9 месяцев назад

Excellent tips here! Father Fish you are the MAN!

@regosilver1147 Год назад

This video is well put together 👍👍

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you Rego.

@user-ce2jm1hz4t Год назад

Thank you, Father Fish❤

@suemoore9276 Год назад

This is the best channel for information on caring for fish and an aquarium. ❤️🇦🇺

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you Sue.

@cookiemonster2299 Год назад

Wow ok, I'm feeding my minnows, zebra danios, harlequin rasbora, pepper Cory's and candy loaches daily, often twice daily, thanks for this vid, I think I might be a fish feeding addict lol. I will definitely cut down on their food, thank-you for this great informative video. 👍🇬🇧❤️

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@stephancardoos1782 Год назад

Love the fishing poles in the background : )

@Dave300AMG Год назад

Thanks .... good information 👍

@ciresolstice Год назад

Very important and informative video! 👏🏾 Thank you.

@FatherFish Год назад

You are so welcome Owen!

@Edward-rw3kq Год назад

ThanQ🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@EireFirst2024 Год назад

Heya ff I got the tank cabinet fixed, it's sitting perfectly, wholey supported on new timber, thanks again 🤝

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@bankait_rex1860 Год назад

I am hooked to listen to this guy is like a guru of fish, I had learned a few tricks after watching you, so thank you keep up the great work !!

@FatherFish Год назад

Great to hear!

@nielsjuelandersson9016 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for information, i learned alot.

@phillipsfishworks Год назад

Live foods are easy once you get into the swing of things. Love the message!

@FatherFish Год назад

It really is Phillip!

@phillipsfishworks Год назад

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

@Johnblaze187 11 месяцев назад

This is great information... I have successfully started a 80 gallon planted tank with Father fish.... Thank you for the wealth of knowledge

@FatherFish 11 месяцев назад

So nice of you

@kjelldrewsen5070 Год назад

I discovered this channel today, and it feels like now I have found what I have been looking for for so long. It is also very relaxing to listen to these videos. Starting today I will subscribe to this channel and this one only. Greetings from Sweden

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@alexandravernin6303 Год назад

Such a very interesting video like always!!! You should really right a book 📕with all you know! It would be awesome!😀

@FatherFish Год назад

Working on it!

@FagnerAccordiAquarismo Год назад

Nice video, FatherFish! The tips are very good. The question about food is always a good debate.

@FatherFish Год назад

Absolutely Fagner!

@FloorJosephine91 Год назад

What a delight coming across your channel, it totally resonates with my look on the world. I’ve got a big tank for 2 years now that is doing okay but now i’m really motivated with getting it thriving the natural way! I will try to ignore my fish begging for food every time i walk by and start with feeding every other day. I will also get some sand in to put over the gravel followed by some dirt from the outside. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!🐟🐟✨

@FatherFish Год назад

Build a food web gradually.

@speckledjim_ Год назад

It's so easy to produce cultures of loads of different types of worms etc. Just watch how a fish attacks a wriggling worm and compare how lazily it goes for flake. And....if you feed them aquatic organisms....there's no waste to mess up your tank!

@FatherFish Год назад

Absolutely correct Jim.

@Rjmjojo Год назад

Your recent videos with addition of mini clips are exciting to watch. I am really thrilled to see your growth on RU-vid.

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@InsideTheStadium 2 месяца назад

Thank you sir, you are amazing ❤️

@RF_NY1 Год назад

I've been schooled once again by Father fish! You think you know it almost all until you watch a father fish video.

@FatherFish Год назад

That is awesome AMF!

@RF_NY1 Год назад

@@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.

@FatherFish Год назад

@@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!

@luckyraj2199 11 месяцев назад

You r very knowledgeable person

@SAMMYJR00777 Год назад

great video woww i was feeding once or twice a day.... lol ok i will do every other day.

@sjaakzwart6001 Год назад

I love my cory catfish. They are like little vacuum cleaners; cleaning acces food. Japonica-shrimps are great to.

@Benny777Bzh Год назад

Thank you for the great information. Lots to think about. I'll be visiting my parents down in Florida at the beginning of next month, I'll definitely stop in. Thanks for all the great info 👍, it's very refreshing in today's high tech fish keeping climate.

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@Benny777Bzh Год назад

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

@angiemoore1741 Год назад

Very informative video. I learned a lot.

@FatherFish Год назад

Glad to hear it Angie! Thank you.

@WhiteCloudDynasty Год назад

Correct! I feel the same way. I feed mainly one quality food and control the protein and fat by how much they get daily. Off non breeding season I feed alot less

@FatherFish Год назад

That is sensible.

@animablo 6 месяцев назад

Thank you FF

@JarunsHobbyTV Год назад

another good video Father, Thank You🤩

@FatherFish Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it Jarun!

@arpadungvari7160 Год назад

Another great topic with much misunderstanding, and myths... I hope Fahter Fish will live as long as a fish (forever). :D

@FatherFish Год назад

I only need 1000 more videos to become eternal. lol

@gibi498 2 месяца назад

Thanks very Much Father Fish it really helps a Lot to us❤

@genesis1_20 Год назад

Great information on caring for our Fish friends. Ty FF, God be with you 🙏🏻

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you Christopher.

@tktropicals4997 Год назад

Great info.

@FatherFish Год назад

Glad it was helpful TK!

@chrisdrew2275 Год назад

Father Fish just want to say I've been a fish keeper (rainbows/blue eyes) for 33 years and raised lots of babies which in turn I traded and sold across N America. Even so every time I tune in I learn so much! No doubt you've forgotten more than I'll ever know. Keep it coming. Do you have a video dedicated to setting up a tank from scratch as you descibe? I'd watch it.

@FatherFish Год назад

Try this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1rU0JDDtLBQ.html

Год назад

Grande mestre! Sabe muito.

@FatherFish Год назад

Há muito mais que eu não sei

@BrenanArntz 4 месяца назад

Do you recommend this same feeding frequency for a full grown Oscar with tank mates?

@FatherFish 4 месяца назад

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.

@anselmmartin1085 Год назад

Excellent video!

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you very much Anselm!

@audrameyer9558 Год назад

This was great, Father Fish! Thank you 🤗 I feed once a day and don't feed on Sundays. I think I will start to slowly switch to every other day in the tanks that don't have fry. There is plenty of other stuff in the tank for the fish and other inhabitants to nibble on in between 😊

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@kosys5338 Год назад

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

@HappyOne2017 Год назад

Thanks

@FatherFish Год назад

Welcome

@45kittyboo Год назад

Thanks for the info father fish

@FatherFish Год назад

You betcha Cat.

@DrJoeJoeHands Год назад

Thank you

@FatherFish Год назад

You're welcome

@natscorm3009 Год назад

Thanks!

@FatherFish Год назад

You bet!

@teresa8578 Год назад

Great advice !! on what to feed and how often to feed your fish I have 9 Goldfish in a 10 gallon tank I've had them for 2 half yrs now .💞🐠🐟

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@teresa8578 Год назад

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

@duang9172 Год назад

I had been feeding my fish just once every two/three days exacty as Father Fish said for years. My tank is very heathy, no need for water change, i just need to fill it up once a week. Feeding the fish is the most enjoyable so Don't do it much 😜 😂😂

@AMNitrates Год назад

Father Fish is correct when he says variety in food is not always a good thing. I found that when I fed my Oscars a variety of foods they would only eat their preferred food and leave the others alone. Nowadays I feed 1 staple food, 1 type of shrimp treat twice a week, and then frozen food once a week.

@lurklingX 21 день назад

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. : )

@abfmkarin Год назад

I feed three times a day a small amount in the community tank.Nothing gets left over.I have snails, amanos and loaches.And detritus worms.I have not had a fish with a belly (yet...).😊

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@mauricematla8379 Год назад

Nice video ff. Perhaps you could make a series out of it on how too cultivate different foods. Besides live foods it is i think worth mentioning that some fish need a good bit of algea and/or plant in their diets wich sometimes can be difficult for them to get from the aquarium itself or could be less then desireable. And a few will need to take in some wood.

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@mauricematla8379 Год назад

@@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.

@johnjwedrall4290 Год назад

You are looking good Father Fish 👍. I always learn something from each video of yours. 👍👍🙂 thank you.

@FatherFish Год назад

Thank you John.

@johnjwedrall4290 Год назад

@@FatherFish you're welcome 😊

@titiasplantedaquariums Год назад

When I do watch a video, I find it informative but also very calming🥰 Your voice sounds pretty soothing with your new equipement👍🏻 Definitely want to improve my tank with live foods and a natural start up with wet leaves and micro organisms from a body of water. I'm regurly eyeing some big mason jars with sealed lids at my volunteering job. But I can't do much without a big net with long handle, ideally it would have a fine graded net. What kind of food culture would be good to start with for my ember tetra?

@FatherFish Год назад

daphnia and paramecium

@MrBmxbrawler 2 месяца назад

Thankyou Father Fish. I feed twice a day. I need to cut back to once a day at least.

@drinesantos8596 Год назад

Thank you for the video father fish

@FatherFish Год назад

You are very welcome Drine.

@TheDISSHonoredOne Год назад

Your points, facts, on the need Not to feed fish a varied diet makes a lot of sense to me. I wish i heard that sooner as I think I have about 15 different fish foods that I rotate 🙃💰

@FatherFish Год назад

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.

@danielgroth3070 Год назад

Hello Father Fish. I’m thankful that I found your RU-vid channel. Someone in a Fb group, cheered your video about water quality. That you can use vitamin-c in your tap water. We have chlorine in our tap water. I have a 450 Liter aquarium and I change 200 Liter of water every week. I think that I over feeding my fish. They are always hungry, and I don’t want them die. I feed them every morning and evening. In the morning with dry food, and in the evening with frozen food. After this video I must change my food routine. That explains why my filters are so dirty too. Thanks one more time for a excellent video. Daniel from Sweden 🇸🇪😊🙏

@FatherFish Год назад

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.

@danielgroth3070 Год назад

@@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. 🙏😊😊🥰🙏

@Nsatiro Год назад

good job father!

@ketansrivastava3154 Год назад

Thanks for this amazing lecture. How should we feed corydoras? Unlike other fishes, they take time to find and eat their pellets. Kindly advise on the dosage there. Thanks

@FatherFish Год назад

cories feed on the microorganisms in the substrate.

@johnthefrogakakrazert819 11 месяцев назад

i have a homemade powder made out of salmon filet and some fruit and vegetable leftovers. Not sure if it's healthier, but the fish are more enthousiastic about eating it. They also eat some larvea every now and then.

@FatherFish 11 месяцев назад

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

@richardmulder9751 Год назад

Chicken and seafish mussel..is that oke ff...nice video❤

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@georgekelvinson182 7 месяцев назад

how often to feed an adult oscar? give raw shrimp or baby carp once a week? give until full and wait for another 1 or 2 weeks to eat? please explain thank you

@Fariz.Mammadov Месяц назад

Hello, how are you, I built an aquarium with your method and there are plants in it. I have about 30 fish and before I was very worried about high nitrates. I tested Nitrate one day and to my surprise it was almost in the 0-5 ppm range. For plants' need for NO3, I feed them 3 times a day and I decided not to change the water, I give additional potassium and iron fertilizers. Surprisingly, everything is going well.

@calebcologna8681 Год назад

Any recommendations (or older videos I’m missing) on culturing paramecium? Haven’t managed that one yet

@FatherFish Год назад

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.

@brianincaledon Год назад

Great information, thanks. You mention live food as being good source of protein. What are your thoughts on frozen foods? Such as frozen brine shrimp, blood worms, krill, mysis shrimp etc.

@FatherFish Год назад

Frozen is second best.

@lurklingX 21 день назад

@@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. :)

@gwgw5360 Год назад

Great! All clear now! Thank You! I hope my goldfish will use to it haha as now they are less active. Looking forward to more info about goldfish, please... 🙌🙌🙌

@FatherFish Год назад

Good luck!

@ZK-hl6gx Год назад

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

@ZK-hl6gx Год назад

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.

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@gwgw5360 Год назад

@Father Fish Thank You :)

@melissacourchesne2121 Год назад

i feed my tropical fishes 3 time a week. For goldfish just 2 time a week. It is just perfect for them. They grow slowy as they grow naturally and live more longer.

@FatherFish Год назад

Absolutely Melissa.

@alexandrakoch7793 7 месяцев назад

Hey father fish! How many pellets does 1 sucker fish need? I never see him eat cos he’s nocturnal. Thank you love you channel

@FatherFish 7 месяцев назад

none

@brandonterry6194 2 месяца назад

GRATITUDE 💥🐟💥

@ashikrafi290 Год назад

Good Day Father..gonna change my setup to FF method..i use canister in my previous setups... ..shall i remove biomedia from them and add more sponge to get more clarity of water

@FatherFish Год назад

Yes.

@mypetvelociraptor Год назад

How often would you feed Gold fish that live in an outdoor pond in Florida? I actually live in the tampa area

@FatherFish Год назад

never

@debiyounce3210 26 дней назад

I have now 7 tanks in our home following your methods of building a lovely home for our fishes. My son Rope Sander showed me how to do this and I love it. I am coming to grips with the not feeding the fish every day and it is not easy, the question I have is feeding baby fish. Many of the fish I have now are quite young and how do I feed them ? The adult fish I get it. Please pass on some information to me about this concern of mine. Thank you.

@FatherFish 25 дней назад

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

@stilesslosson7403 Год назад

Happy to say my ammonia spike is gone n I can't believe after all my years of fish keeping I over fed!? I was on vacation n spent to much time in front of my tank feeding lol. Beautiful careful those little fish will trick ya lol they always act hungry!

@FatherFish Год назад

Don't let your fish train you. lol

@babysheryl1310 Год назад

Used to be very diligent in changing water, adding chemicals into the water and feeding them but my tank ended up as a graveyard 😢 then before i gave up this hobby, i noticed my smaller tank which i have been ignoring it not only thrive so well, the plants and the fishes in it were doing so well! So, less is actually more 😊

@babysheryl1310 Год назад

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

@FatherFish Год назад

excellent observation.

@272roby Год назад

Ciao from Italy Father Fish How many times a week do you recommend feeding the fish in the aquarium for a Tanganyika Biotope? Thanks for your good advice.

@FatherFish Год назад

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.

@priyalakshmi1439 Год назад

😌🥰😘that's father fish 😌, hey bro, in my aquarium lot of dust like silt under the sand bed is can go down on the sand bed???? Or else it's stay for years???? 😅can this make ammonia levels??? 🧐 And my aquarium got planaria i have shrimps and guppy fries, guppy fries didn't eat planaria, so they keep increases, in web planaria is harmful to shrimps some said 😅is it true?? Means how to get rid of planaria, My aquarium is 2 x 1 x 1 ft tank,, I got 2 1/5 inch deep substrate 😌guide me sir

@FatherFish Год назад

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.

@luckydays8239 Год назад

@@FatherFish 🤔done sir

@MrFadeangel Год назад

Nice video father fish. I have some question for you I have apistogrammas in my tanks for long time. And i have struggled alot to keep them alive. Then i realize chemicals is the reason for their deaths. We have a small commuty here and we discover the TEA😂 some tea we drink really😂 adding tea to our tanks lower PH and add really good stuff both for plant and fishes. I wander what you think about adding tea to tanks. (Pls forgive my poor English)

@FatherFish Год назад

I prefer black tea,All are good.

@ismailroyer466 Год назад

Father Fish, thank you for this extremely important and enlightening video. I’ve got a 29 gallon planted deep substrate tank (with lots of leaf litter) with 2 young silver dollars, a young spiny eel, 2 red claw crabs and an African clawed frog. Yesterday as an experiment I dropped in about 2 dozen live worms (primarily in attempt to get their help in improving the substrate). The frog has so far eaten a few, the crabs chopped up a few and ate them, and the eel and silver dollars have been vigorously nibbling on them. Probably only one or two worms actually got into the substrate. The result is that I have about a dozen dead earthworms, some in segments, strewn across the bottom of the tank. The fish are continuing to snack on them. Clearly the experiment was a failure but should I immediately get these deceased worms out of the tank? Or should I let the fish continue to snack on them and let them decompose into the substrate? Am I risking overfeeding and also causing an ammonia spike with their decomposition and extra animal waste?

@FatherFish Год назад

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.

@ismailroyer466 Год назад

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

@SamanthaNickole02 Год назад

Do you have a video regarding Betta fish? You hit the nail on the head: they’ve trained me to feed them daily.😂 I’ll stop doing that. Thank you.👍🏼

@FatherFish Год назад

Not yet!

@mikeb4824 Год назад

Unrelated to this video......but I bought a angel fish and then week later we noticed it has "Camallanus worms"..........and you know so many things.....like 86 degrees or higher water killing ick..........is there any safe/easy way to eradicate Camallanus worms? (Like garlic?) I'm all for natural solutions vs chemical ones.....so asking here first. :)

@gerardogproxy Год назад

Hi Father Fish, in the case of Discus fishes, do you recommend feeding not all days? And how many times per day? My fish are very voracious all the time.

@FatherFish Год назад

A hungry fish is a healthy fish. Every other day and create a food web. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1rU0JDDtLBQ.html

@d3ath105 Год назад

Do you have any easy live food ideas without a starter culture?

@FatherFish Год назад

The resurrection jar is intended to provide just that.

@MALLY_DAGS_TV Год назад

My albino bristlenoses are on the nest in my planted tank, any tips on catching them without destroying the set up?

@FatherFish Год назад

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.

@wendy70ish Год назад

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@mainelybettas847 Год назад

Father Fish....how are you feeding the Repashy Superfly to the fish ? Do you have a video discusses it ?

@FatherFish Год назад

I feed it direct.

@dmitrimikrioukov5935 Год назад

Where I live commonly available types of dried fish food are dried daphnia, gammarus, shrimp and decapsulated brine shrimp eggs. Is it a good idea to feed fish with these? I am wondering because on the one hand, they are not live, they are dried, and they don't get artificially enriched with additional vitamins, but on the other, they are natural, they are not flakes or pellets. What would you say?

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@dmitrimikrioukov5935 Год назад

@@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.

@tiffanyapag 5 месяцев назад

Does this apply to feeding cichlids, apistogramma, larger tetra like a serpae tetra or phantom tetra?

@FatherFish 5 месяцев назад

yes

@nonamenoname6268 2 месяца назад

❤

@wvkoi5675 Год назад

What food is small enough to feed the newborn fry of egg layers like goldfish and koi?

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@reneesnugent3358 Год назад

What are the names of fish food u offer on ff website for adult angelfish? There's not much description

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@dwarfhernandez6636 Год назад

I have a different question: it concerns algae growing on my hood glass panel. It blocks the light. Would coating it with a natural oil stop it from forming on that plexiglass panel??

@FatherFish Год назад

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

@dwarfhernandez6636 Год назад

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

@TheDISSHonoredOne Год назад

I feed on Wed & Sunday. 🐠 Great video

@FatherFish Год назад

That is awesome Bacon!

@db9023 11 месяцев назад

Father fish, a bit off topic but i have an outdoor eco system pond 5,000 litres with rocks, gravel and lots of plants. I used to feed the fish every other day but have started to feed them every day in the summer months and stop feeding altogether in the cold winter. I have goldfishes 12 - 14" (biggest ive ever seen), golden orfe/ide 12" and some tench and no koi. What would you suggest on the feeding pattern father fish?

@FatherFish 11 месяцев назад

Small amount daily is ok. Correct about cold.

@lurklingX 21 день назад

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.)

@user-ce2jm1hz4t Год назад

father fish how do i feed my axolotls? there is a lot of food leftovers if it is daphnia shrimp can't cope with cleaning))) thank you very much

@FatherFish Год назад

take them out and feed them in a separate feeding container. When they poop put them back in their tank.

@user-ce2jm1hz4t Год назад

@@FatherFish Father fish, please tell me, can you send me your magic substrate supplements with compost to Japan? I have a 60cm wide tank about 4 years, but but I got tired of changing the water there😂 thanks for your answer❤

@FatherFish Год назад

@@user-ce2jm1hz4t Sorry I cannot

@user-ce2jm1hz4t Год назад

@@FatherFish thanks for answer❤️