GUPPIES ARE NOT AFRAID OF NATURE. ARE YOU? 

I just wanna clarify for any new watchers that this may be your first video of: the supplement he's peddling isn't some secret magical supplement mix he's claiming is the key to fixing your aquariums that he alone can sell you, he actually has several videos outline exactly what he puts in it. The concept is literally just the walstad system (soil under sand) and then adding extra plant nutrients (iron, calcium, magnesium, etc etc) to bolster the tank's growth so it can bridge the limbo stage at about a year mark where the tank can fully start supporting itself through its own natural decomposition and nutrient recycling. You don't need to buy his supplement, but it's waaaay cheaper than buying all those supplements individually if you're on a small scale like I am, and it's a way to support fatherfish as well :)

Father fish method brought me back to fish keeping. I love it. I didn't have money for the suppliments. I just used potting soil and sand. So far its going well. Its been about 1.5 months and everything its growing very well and the fish are doing great. Hopefully it will last until the tank can provide the nutrients to make the plants flourish.

I collected some leaves, water near a reservoir and put them directly in my aqua soil-bottom-sand-on top tank yesterday. Spotted some snails and a critter and a worm moving. 12 hours later, it's clear and I decide to let it sit for a month before putting fish in it. Greets from China! And asked by ppl wondering what I was doing beside the water, I said there's a legend outside of China! hahah

Father fish really deserves the name father fish i feel like he's disciplining me like when I younger😂 he has such good information

Because of you i started my dirted planted tank 4 days ago and i added 3 guppies as you said in your other video. And i really liked how it turns out. When people at petstore asking me what setup i have and im telling them that its dirted planted tank and theyre seems confused. Father fish deserves more subs very basic and simple tips for everyone ❤️ Godbless you father fishh😃😄

I'm following you since you had 3 or 4k followers... i was tired of hobby and i knew that must be a better way than changing water every week and God cross our paths... im super happy and greatfull that you exist... you fascinate me every time cuz you think in correct way... industry must be hating you

Biology can never truly be replaced by technology.

Congrats on getting your product in Europe awesome

Wise words FF. I love how you point out the importance of fish keeping as a hobby, something people should enjoy having and not a struggle it has become. Its exactly as you said - people start fish keeping all excited, but soon after end up dissapointed 🐠

You just reminded me I need to alert my son I’ll be needing dirt from his creek.

In Britain there is a garden culture. Often people will install ponds with fish and plants, etc. We had same in the 70's. Ask most people at some point had a garden pond. Other than a bit of food and once month daphnia treat, fish looked after themselves. The fairground fish grew to several inches. Many don't have that space now or no garden. So bring it into the home in a fish tank.

I finally did it! I went to my local creek,dug up sum creek bed. Dirt,rocks,sand and whatever critters that came with it. Didn't remove my gravel, dump the creek contents right on top.drained my tank added the sand replanted added new water. My decorations and fish. It's working! It's working!!!!! 5 days later I have removed my HOB! I only have heater and 2 air stones. Tank is clear guys! Thanks again Father fish

agree the most successful tank i have is in my son's window. perfectly balanced. even the anubius is sending runners! i know he doesn't feed it regularly. java ferns are spreading also. it has become a propigation tank.

Your sermons saved me from myself! Hallelujah

You are Great Father Fish. Loves you 💗

I noticed something interesting with lighting and wether or not fish "sleep". I do a reverse day-night cycle with my lights, but i forgot to turn them on one night. When i turned them on at 3am, all the fish were completely still in the water, their colours dulled to an almost transparent white. After 5 minutes, they began to swim and their colours came back. I'm thinking this was a sort of "sleep mode", the dulling of colour being a way to camouflage while they rested....

This is the most legendary video on youtube 💪😎

I trust Father Fish because he trust nature. I trust nature. Nature healed me from a so called incurable disease. If nature can do that just think what it can do for your fish. Thank you Father Fish for getting the word out.💖

I love your channel , have been a subscriber for about 6 months now 👍😊 I have a large fish bowl with just moss balls and a plastic fish wood decoration , I added 12 baby guppies, I do a water change once a week. They look like they are living their best life. Once they get bigger I'll transfer them to my bigger tank with the same set up 👍😊

Father Fish Rocks 🤩

Hi Father Fish. Great video. I want to share a story. About a month ago I noted whitespot on one of my koi. Almost paniced. All my chemicals are always on standby to treat most conditions. At that time we entered the hottest time of the year in South Africa. My wife and I decided not to even catch the koi to do a scrape. We closely monitored the fish to see if the whitespot would spread. Well, it did not spread and dissapeared on the infected fish. Once again,, thanks for your great videos and I strongly agree to keep the chemicals away from your fish. Nature will provide.

Great Channel Father Fish Helped Me start a dirted tank now I'm hooked thank you for your knowledge

Another ground breaking amazing commentary video FF! You are an inspiration to us!!!

Something about your calm knowledge and enlightenment 🙏 I’m so glad you’ve gotten popular on RU-vid and I’m so happy about the whole nature movement in the fish tank hobby.

When you were like, "Nature made you didn't it?" I was thinking, "Yeah, that's what worries me; I've got all kinds of problems", And I could swear you said "It worries you?" 😳 And here I'm thinking it's noon, I haven't even started drinking yet, and the matrix is already glitching...

Once I started father fish eco system, 💞never goes back love you😘 from Tamilnadu india 💗

Never thought of it like this before. Thank you. Everyone needs to hear this, especially my fellow millennials.

I’ve learned so much from you! Thank you for being so kind and informative. I recently found out that your store isn’t far from me. I look forward to visiting the shop :)

Enjoying your channel and your philosophy. It would be nice to see a series of posts where you set up tanks with dirt, sand and plants from scratch and follow them over time.

Always a time to give Thanks and praise to the God who created everything with seasons and equipped nature with all the necessary systems to support life. Nature is subject to his will and does a fine job for all of its inhabitants “The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭19‬:‭1‬

Love your channel Father Fish! Your lights that are on 24/7 must be at the lowest setting.... you have shallow tanks and most modern LED lights would create CRAZY algae unless u are running them at their lowest setting.

I've been watching all your videos and just now realized where you're located after I saw your video with the TBAS shirt and looked you up on google. It's pretty friggin cool realizing you're local to me.

You got this ❤

Please, please ramble on about lighting. So many people carry on about lighting all the time makes fish sick. Can you please make a video about where you were going on the lighting trail I was very keen.

Over the years I've had nightmares about all the fish I've killed. God sent me your channel so I can raise fish His way!

Good day Father Fish. I’d like to see a video on your take about Discus fish and how to take care of them.

That fish store example is precisely what happened to me with my first saltwater tank. Dropped 1k on a 32g all-in-one, and everything died within 6 months.

Great video! ❤️ When is the book coming out?

Hi father fish, not sure where your located. Do you ship to Canada? BTW, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge & expertise that is worth more than a million ❤️

Will be ok if i dont have soil but black sand in my tank as have already made it with fish in it

As a side point, I once had self-sufficient a 5 gallon dedicated to gammarus and assellus which crashed in part to a timer failing and staying on all vacation. The crustaceans got stressed out from the constant light and died in droves, faster than the other inverts could clean them up. So if you have a crustacean heavy tank, I'd recommend having at least 8 hours of dark.

I dumped a bunch of really fine sand and silt and little rocks from a creek in my tank the other day and it really muddied up the tank all the sunfish and crawfish are fine but the creek chubs and red shiners didnt make it i managed to get one of the shiners out on time and hes doing good in one of my smaller tanks now still kinda dull colored but its coming back now the creek chub didnt get so lucky i learned creek chubs and shiners arent great with very muddy or sandy water but i left the dead fish in the new sediment at the bottom i barried them into the substrate today and the sunfish just pulled it back out but either way new life will come from my mistake and its not the worst thing ever i think experimenting and leanrning is all part of actual fish keeping and i just wanted to be put my lesson out there for anybody else that might see it and want to know

Dearest Father Fish. Do u still maintain the stance of leaving the lights on 24/7? Do they really not sleep?! Fascinating view, all the more so coming from you :)

Its cold in Clevelamd Ohio,....will the bacteria still be active ? Does bacteria go dorment ?

Can I keep a large crayfish in a planted dirt and sand bottom aquarium ?

I was always told to never put my tank in direct sunlight, but wouldnt that be better than an LED light? Whatever amount they get of natural sunlight would be better than 24h artificially? No?

I just need to remove the gravel from 1 more tank and I’ll have all my tanks with a deep soil and sand substrate, never again will I set up a tank with gravel. I have a lot of gravel if anyone needs it for mixing it with some cement for a new driveway or patio let me know.

Father Fish..how can we get the soil supplement in NORFOLK, England...

FF im all for the dirted tank. My 10 dirted is doing fantastic. In nature the fish don’t have 24/ 7 light. Shouldn’t you duplicate that too?

I am from india, after watching these wonderful videos i converted my 3 tanks into dirted deep substrate tanks. I didn't have all the supplements, so i added worm casting to aquarium soil( not the black hightech soil but some reddish brown tiny gravel looking soil) will I have problem after a year or so? What can I do now? Can you help please, i am trying to arrange some water and stuff from a nearby village lake which is not contaminated. pls suggest what else can i do so it keeps going on long term without addition of chemicals. As of now it's going on wonderfully well, plants are growing well fishes look happy

How do you keep green algae water down if you keep your lights on all of the time. I am having trouble with green water but hope that it corrects itself.

One question- I'm starting a 65 gal tank (55 gal footprint, just a little taller). For filtration, would a Aquaclear 110 be appropriate? I know that I won't need a powerhead for water movement but I will need some filtration.

From what I can find it says fish do need to sleep. But I have no idea

I have sandy mercky water because I added some sand slowly should I just leave it to clear in time or do small water change?

How much to send a mug to England? I would love one 😊

I understand but there is no place for me in a city where I can get dirt without pollution contamination in it

When u said put dirt on the bottom of tank, do u mean soil?

Dear Father Fish, I have been following you for a long time and I share most of your ideas and concepts with you, and I highly respect your work. However, I must tell you that I disagree when you say that you leave the lights on 24/7, since plants need periods of darkness to complete their photosynthesis-respiration cycle. Fish also need periods of darkness in their lives. All this is called "Circadian Rhythm", and it is very important for the well-being of the fish, since it influences the pineal gland and the secretion of melatonin. I hope you will study these concepts. I wish you the best and send you a big hug!!

Dear Sir, I have 5 adult discus in a 240 litre ,4 feet tank, which is fully set up your way 3 inch sand ,heaps of leaf litre and plants, what would u recommend , how many times I should feed them ? normally I do two times a day , and when I change water once a week I feed three times sometimes ! I saw the video of feeding fish of yours , and I feel am doing something wrong ?

As a guy that was doing just that I can say the first 3 minutes relly hit home. Too much work. Way too much Siphoning 25 tanks every other day is just rudicolus amount of work without a water change system. I'm trying it your way now! I still believe I separating guppies and controlling breeding lots of tanks and I still believe in changing water often to get good growth but my days of bare bottom tanks are over with

I mean yeah there's bears out there

When's "The Leaves of Trees" going to be released?

Dean the breeder keeps empty tanks

Hi I am thinking of doing a resurrection jar this spring. I just have 2 questions. Do I collect just the pond water or also the pond earth , leaves and plants. Also at home do I leave the jar sealed or unsealed. I just have to find a water source, I live next to river but I am not sure how polluted it is. Thank you.

i would assume some plants wont flower at 24 hours on of lights

A dollar a month?!? Let me know your energy company! Eversource sucks! Shout out to Father Fish!

If nature knws best then why do we have to do water changes every once in a while? Nobody is draining water out of ponds and refilling it, i have guppys and ive never checked for nitrates or anything like that but i do,do water changes bout 10% if that and they've been fine and ive had them bout six months..im to the point of stopin water changes and jus toping the water off when it needs its

@Fatherfish I can confirm that fish sleep. If you have guppies, turn off the light to the point where you can still see what goes on inside the tank. You will see some guppies park on the substrate to rest, other pick the middle and stay stationary. It may not be what we are used to as "sleeping" but it does visibly look like the fish equivalent of sleeping. You advocate for natural tanks but in nature where the sun sets and not allow for your tank to at least go dark for about 4-6 hours is a little disappointing to hear (Disclaimer: I do realize how weak tank lights are compared to the sun. Which is why I'd keep the lights on for about 16-18 hours per day

You look like Santa

Speaking of of nature and depriving your fish and plants of natural day and night cycle . It`s sounds bit ridiculous isn`t it ?

You need to have night time. Some fish do not sleep but most do. Sleep or night is when nature repairs and grows.

Father fish thank you very much appreciated..all other chanells of fish keeping here on you tube have now been deleted. Added. Sand to my substrate.and the plants are on the way.then i will go to my local pond for leaves etc.