Name Idea: The secret History that lives inside the little (or big) glass box known as an aquarium inside your house; and also ponds that might be inside your home or outside as well.
(continuation) and perhaps maybe even several jars or vases that are located on the windowsill and other places too, but really any container that has water and life in it are fair game as subject matter.
So just as a note: Rotala Rotundifoilia comes in some surprising varieties. Blood red, Red, Orange juice, Green, H'ra are just some of them. If you bought some of these for their intense reddish colors and are just growing under normal light levels, and not watching your ferts, and not injecting CO2, the best you can hope for is a light pinkish hue. For that matter the basic Rotala Rotundifolia, even the very common "green variety" is going to color up a little reddish under stronger light. I've been growing Rotala from way back in 1989 back when it was uncommon at most LFS, and it only grew with reddish tints when under a phosphored, Mercury vapor bulb, light CO2 injection with Theil Aquatech's Laterite substrate additive. This is actually best used with Dupla cable substrate heating. which is pretty 1990's tech level that no-one's bothering with nowadays. The 2 Hour Aquarist's website is pretty good for getting most of the information about growing strongly red plants. Note that forcing red growth using the lean Nitrate regime has you running the raw edge of starving your plants for Nitrogen. You need to be aware of this and measure and dose Nitrate carefully checking at least every week. Those of you living in the Pac NorWest should note that it's not usual to have GH rich water if all of your water supplies are surface based, snow melt from Volcanic mountains or rain fed rivers tend to be really soft and you should at least use Seachem's GH additive Equilibrium as it adds a little Iron Gluconate. Iron Gluconate is safe for shrimp and provides chealated Iron for your plants. Measure your GH if your water is soft, Buy a cheap Water conductivity pen meter. and try to keep your water GH close to about 120 to 200 GH.
Thanks for clarifying that for folks. I could have made this a 4 hour long video if i actually got into all the aspects of this stuff, so its hard to know what to leave out vs. Cover. But Yeah, im assuming you commented early because i showed a bunch of rotala varieties and also later mention how bottoming out any macro means death if you dont know what you are doing/ feeding at least via substrate or water column.
Hi Alex! Myself being a houseplant enthusiast for many years, installed a Soltech full spectrum pendant plant grow light above my heavily planted ff 55 gal. Plants, including a few red unidentified ones are loving life. Monthly trimmings on some breaking the water at top of the tank. Always replant top cuttings back into substrate. No Co2, no ferts. 1” Happy Frog ocean/forest potting soil capped with2-2.5” white pool sand , several large pieces mopani wood and river rocks, leaves. Love your vids, your laid back personality and your love of nature in all its grandeur. ❤☮🐠🦐🪴
Deep dive into taking care of plants in general with or without fertilizer. And inert substrate. I have found I needed to add iron because of the sheer amount of anubias java fern and water colomn feeders in general. ❤ thanks for another amazing video as always ❤
Oh boy... thats a long process of building up fish poo and plant debris if you dont use fertz, root tabs of active substrate.... but it's possible for sure!
Thank you. This video helped to bridge some holes on information I've been gathering the last few years, and now certain things make sense: ) I'm looking forward to the next year, putting some of these tips to work.
I think the best way to put it is all plants need iron regardless of color. Now I assume the iron is what red plants use to produce some red coloration or something like that and the misconception comes from there.
Thanks for the vid! Understanding how to limit nutrients for dense, colorful growth has been a real learning process for me and your video reflects my experiences. Currently I'm unable to access CO2 injection to bring out reds in my Alternanthera Reineckii planting, but I tried Seachem's Flourish Excel and saw visibly stronger reds. Unfortunately it also brings a distinct odor that many would find tolerable but, I don't. lol
Yes, so AR is going to just grow best with high light and full nutrient supplementation. ... iron makes the leaves denser and closer packed, making things look consistent and bright....but iron can definitely spark some funky reactions in the microbiome
Another slam dunk vid. Thank you! I do have a question for you... Sightly on and off topic... Yrs ago I stumbled into killifish and then the yellow wonder killi and, I have all kinds of issues keeping plants with them because they require a FULL cover. If every SINGLE hole isn't entirely covered I'll sadly find a dried fish on the floor. They love me despite being amazing like you are, and breed without assistance. I have to keep them away from anything small. They ate all my shrimp once for instance! Lol they're so aggressive, but I want to give them the best home I can. How do you balance a planted, covered aquarium? Any recommendations or special ideas? I have a couple mystery plants that stay alive, beyond that nada. But my other aquariums do really well. I know this is a loaded question, I'm sorry! And, thanks for all you do Alexander!
Hmmm well strong lights... and drill some air exchange holes.. keep the water level 2 inches below the rim or lid...it may do the trick...i just keep the water 2 or 3 inches lower sometimes and have floating plants so they dont get any ideas looking up... also painting the 3 sides solid helps...they startle so easily
@@Fishtory Thanks so so much!! And, my goodness, you're right! Any sudden noise or movement & one will try to leap out while the others swim around excitedly waiting for food. Insatiable buggers. I'll give your great advice a shot. Thanks again for your time!
I've been hoping for more golden wonder content, and I just lost my three year old male banana yesterday, I'm broke up. That and a proper leech habitat, that's what I've been hoping for. I still have one little female left!
@@voluntaryismistheanswer aww I'm terribly sorry for your loss. Sadly, 3yrs sounds about right for the wonder yellow. You did a good job of being consistent. I've noticed, besides not living long & being very smart, killifish are really sensitive to temperature. Losing power for a day or two caused me to lose 1 older yellow male(4 baby male blue notho & 3 younger female clown kili! With zero additional losses of all other species or opposite sexes of the same fish listed, no matter the ages! So, pretty sensitive). If you're curious... The way my yellows reproduce seems to be a small, but important list; Having naturally amazing water in Oregon. It's almost always 6.8-7.0 where I am without treatment. I always leave replacement water out for several days(not sure how effective this part is, but less crap in the water the better imo). Soft, bushy plants with layered leaves at the base(like a small group of 3-4 small & med swords) for the eggs to land into as they mate and quite literally "pop out" one egg with each mating ritual. Have no bottom-grazing fish(like loaches) that might locate/eat the eggs. And finally, regular fresh or frozen food. I find I also have to do normal 20% water changes without stocking a cleanup crew. With a grouping of plants yellows lean against the plants while mating and the egg can settle naturally into the growing plants. The fry then have a nice hiding place once hatched. --They will eat their young when they're extra small, so it seems to be key. I taught mine to feed from my plant tweezers and out of a bloodworm pyramid turned sideways in my hand. It's too hard to feed 7/8/9 of them well without some kind of system. With luck every few months I find a baby eventually make it's way out of the plants for larger chunks of food and after a little growing integrate into socializing with the group. This yr I had to put a couple of loaches in for crowd/birth control. It helped with reduce my water changes, too. There is a fun video you may be able to find that illustrates just how high and accurately they jump out of the water AND how giii-normous yellow's mouths are. --A yellow male consumes a small cricket off of a looming stick/branch. Incredible! Or you can look up how to breed with a breeding mop. Though, I've never done it, I've seen vids claiming it works. Just a real pain imo. They are dazzling creatures. I hope you feel better about Banana & figure out that leech issue.😨 I have a silly fear of them since the release of Stand By Me when I was a child. Lol
I, for one, would also like to know more about starving plants and dialing in the nutrients. Even if it was a livestream where you show us how to lookup plants with the resources that you mentioned and then explaining how you would personally accomplish the desirable results.
Well for most i just simply keep the nitrates at 0 to 5ppm and always have enough plants or filtration that im not exceeding that... thats what most aquascaped tanks do for presentation week/weeks... but yes, some places like the barr report or sites dedicaded to EI dosing will say 20ppm or 10 or 0 etc for specific plants and then note what the co2 rate should be for a given photo comparission. There is never really a set in stone answer for each plant, because if you have enough light, its all possible basically with that and co2.
Here is a word for you and I would link this word to the bog filter concept. The word is mychorhizae (sp.?). It is a cohabitation and there is a better word but it’s not coming to me but it starts with plant roots. The roots form structure and fungus grows on them which helps to gather and process materials. What is the word, it will come to me, it means cohabitation plus they help each other? Anyway feel free to use the mychorhizae word (which autocomplete seems to not recognize) after you look it up, you will see, it is a pretty cool concept.
I have a video on it for plants and nitrogen fixing...the sad part is almost no aquatic fungal michrorhizal research exists yet...its a brand new feild. I wish i could share more
Hi Alex, first of all, great name. This video is one of the best explanation out there on this subject.. I always felt some of the directions provided by others are simplifying and wrongly directing people who want to keep red plants with general statements like make sure you dose iron. I feel like too much iron is a recipe for black beard algae.
You are 100% correct on the algae hahaha....then they tell you buy the algae killer.... then the cloudy water clarifier, then the fish get stressed and sick and you buy their meds...yay!
Great video! Would you be able to do another video about anoxic filtration? And how to implement it in all types of setups? There’s not a lot of information out there and what’s out there is really hard to sift through.
I could try... but there's a reason why it's hard to find info on it...and that's because it has nkt been proven viable at small sizes. Almost all the research is done on large scale implementation. Also if you are refering to Mr. Novak- in all my research as well as 3 other phds who are active professors in the USA, we cant find anything peer reviewed or formally published by him. He wont reveal where or when he got a phd and he is not registered as a phd or dr. Of anything that a group of us tried to researched. Id really love to have him prove he has any credentials actually. Because other than his words, we have no aquarium info on it. That is to say,- it may clog and simply become an aerobic denitrifying cycle like a filterless bog tank or like LRBs.
Yes, absolutely im going to make a video about why the aquasoil is better than dirt in the short term...and its because the compressed balls of soil give oxygen to roots and microbes for an few inches but inside the annoxic microbes and nutrient fixation roots want is also possible. Quality does come with a price... ADA is probably the best according to Dr. Tom Barr and then contra, aquavitro or fluval planted stratum
So excellent and chock full of information, I am going to watch a second time! EXCELLENT content! And, you saved me from future BBA outgrowths (fingers crossed). And did i say this was EXCELLENT???😂 Joining too. ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉
@@FishtoryWatched a second time! So much good and interesting info. And now i know a cause of the occasional BBA. TOO much iron. Thanks from the bottom of my heart❤❤❤
Those aquascapes are in fact amazing tho not many people do realise they are mostly done for the pictures (probably enhanced with photoshop to some level) and, I fear, destroyed the day after. Not all of them (of course) but... What gets em up in the morning and cash out with stock photo is to make new tanks, not keep them alive.
Keep up the good work👍🏻. I always love every moment of any post you do I especially enjoy any critters or plants so this one was really cool 😎 like the others. Good job my friend.
Thank you for this! Explains so much! Are there any all in one testings that I can find to test micros/macros? I’ve seen other (out of the states) YTers use them, but I can’t find any. I may have to break down and buy them individually. On another note! If you ever decide to charge for your services, I would totally send pics/videos/parameters and pay you for your opinions on my tank!
Well im glad its helpful to you. And yes there is new tech out ...at a price of 100$ a test... you can mail in water samples and get breakdowns...or home test units but annoyingly they're all over $2,000 that i know of. I made a video on snails that talks about a few tricks you can use by studying their shells to estimate kh/gh and tds etc. But for specific numbers everything beyond nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, chlorine, tds, ph. copper, iron and calcium is expensive stuff sadly
I’m really struggling with what ferts to use in my low tech tank..this is my first time keeping plants and I feel they could be doing better…should I buy all in one with npk or not…atm I’m using flourish comp…in that tank I have anub,Val,swords,java fern…few shrimp and snails..rummynose tetras,Ottos,dwarf gourami,albino pleco…and one of these guys are nibbling on my plants…any help would be greatly appreciated
You probably dont need much for those plants. An all in one aquarium fert like you mentioned every week or two is plenty. If you had red or colorful plants, it gets a bit trickier, but those plants just need trimming ones you see a leaf with pinholes or algae all over.... or sword leafs with melt
@@Fishtory thanks…and how about lighting?..8 hrs ok?..I have 2 fluval 3.0 36’s on a 24 deep tank and on the other tank I have 1 3.0 at 18 inches deep..wondering what to set my 3.0s at…atm they are pink 50,B 4…and all whites at 25%
Seems like u must’ve watched the Fish For Thought channel and felt something when he mentioned ur channel name (or something that sounded close to ur original channel name).. hehe.. regardless though the new name is much catchier.. so good job on the rename!
@fishtory I thought I was on the wrong channel! Lol Long time listener and struggling w my 40g low tech. No issues w plants I’m my other tanks but this one won’t even grow hornwort. I can’t get rid of the bba and that’s the issue 😭😭😭
Try reducing the flow...do some big water changes. And try some floating plants. If all else fails you can resort to a chemical product... sechem flourish is the only one i tend to use now.
@@Fishtory interesting here I kept trying to increase the flow bc it’s a big bio load tank-The Sicce filter has a piece that comes with it that should help slow the flow! Thanks
0:00 I would promote it as ["Fishtory" 'A Secret History Living In Your Aquarium'] similar to how you would see on book titles. Actually, 'A Secret History Living In Your Aquarium' sounds more like a description, than a brand title. You could even make the 'Fishtory' into a logo made of fish/aquaculture items/Ichthyology items/aquarium items/etc. Just don't use Phish. I would still use the whole title, and read it off at the beginning of every video, to maintain consistency as well as transition the collected property into the knickname 'Fishtory'. The property is still associated with A Secret History Living In Your Aquarium that can be searched and it's own history searched/researched, while making it easier to compile it into a knickname/brand name.
@@Fishtory I have an extremely neat idea (to me anyway) for a cover page/video title card to start your videos similar to TGOE. Do you know anyone that can make simple animation/use flash? Not an substantial animation, but something quick and to the point. It's a shame you don't like toony art, but art is subjective.
I replaced my last cfl with combined LED. All my other lights are white only led. Its taking a bit of getting used to on my eyes. The extra red and blue light is hecka strobey
Decent LED's should not strobe, maybe as a pulse width solution to regulating their brightness is how an aquarium lighting manufacturer does this nowadays. The thing is, standard, non electronic ballast CFL Flourescents (back in the day.) also strobed weakly, and Metal Halide HP and Mercury vapor lamps really strobed. We have it really easy for decent lighting now.
Yes there are some called "k" ... thats all it says on a plastic bottle lol...but theyre nitrogen and iron free ...all micros and high high potassium...which is what i wanted exactly...ill try and find out the manufacturer name
Man TH-cam was so much better back then when I was 12 years old I watched pecteck Dustin’s fish tanks and aquarium co op there wasn’t many fish and aquarium plant TH-camrs back when TH-cam was new i just turned 21 today and Im I love this hobby so much unfortunately couple years ago I got burnout from the fish hobby and I gave my fish away I did still keep the tanks just in case and couple weeks ago I was fishing and saw some black mollies swimming around my boat and reminded me when I had a aquarium so when I got home I had my imagination going wild what substrate am I gonna get what fish should I add what plants should I add and for like a hour I was daydreaming about it then I went to the fish store and got what I wanted then for the next 3 hours I was aquascaping I haven’t done this in years after I was done I added the water,bottle bacteria,plants, one piece of dead shrimp for the ammonia and for two weeks the tank cycled well technically a month bc I been waiting to add fish on my birthday
Ramhorn destroy my jungle val leaves in my big tank :( yes its alive but looks terrible! Did they eat the leaves yes and no ! The eggs hurt the leaves then they eat dead parts ! I've found trumpet to be ok ! Ramhorn bad no good ha ha but I agree lights are 100 % where it's at!
I buy Hardwood Lump Charcoal with no additives and I add it to everything. I put it in my aquariums and terrariums and even in water bowls in terrariums. Some creatures will nibble on it, and it absorbs odors and stuff, but also plants can supposedly use it as a carbon source. 1 big bag of charcoal, can be used for a huge amount of things. I only bought 1 bag and I still have some left and I've been using it for 5-10 years. Yes, activated carbon is better and more effective, but activated carbon cost a LOT more money and is only a little better, due to consistent small shapes and slightly greater surface area. If you have a small aquarium filter and need to have carbon in the filter, then you should stick with activated carbon. If you are wanting to add the benefits of activated carbon, but DON'T NEED to have it and you have a lot of space to put it, then hardwood lump charcoal is likely just fine and much much cheaper. Of course, if you have something higher up on the food-chain, like a pet lizard or snake or something, you probably don't want them to accidentally rub their eye on the charcoal. For any detritivore species you raise (land or aquatic), I see no reason to not include some hardwood lump charcoal or activated carbon. That's just my opinion.
Howaya man, I'm looking to put a red at the back of the centre of 1 of my tanks where I have sessiflora both sides forming an arch over a winding path I have in the tank, it raises ( 3d so to speak) in other words - it will give the impression that the path continues on.. I hope you can figure that out Alex 😬, long story boring - - if it was ONE red plant,WHICH would you use... Rotala?? Thanks Alex... Sorry if I confused the sh1t out of you 🤦♂️👍👍
@@Fishtory no co2 Alex no.. Sorry for missing the stream, I'll catch up.. Maybe ludwigia so.. Pitty though, coz I prefer the rotala. Thanks for being a good human..
I shall try adding red. My last red plants died. Not sue what they were, sorry. I an getting more knowledgeable, but in my defence, they are my daughters tanks. I am just a facilitator. I love it too, though
I blame you and every other fish keeping youtubers for getting me too deep in too the hobby now... I bought a rack.. now I have 11 tanks... oh dear! lol
Hi, from India. Can we put iron rod directly in the water. Say some planter stand, or a a pot made of iron/steel. Secondly, if we hv lots of fishes , they will produce lots of co2 in the water column… so adding too many fishes over time helps dealing with co2 deficiency?
Yes adding fish, food of plants eventually leads to decay and chemical reactions that eventually is incorporated into the systems carbon cycled ecology
Name Idea: The secret History that lives inside the little (or big) glass box known as an aquarium inside your house; and also ponds that might be inside your home or outside as well.
"The Secret Fishtory Living In Your Aquarium" 😂
Sold!
(continuation) and perhaps maybe even several jars or vases that are located on the windowsill and other places too, but really any container that has water and life in it are fair game as subject matter.
"if you're not into the whole brevity thing." Dude.
I love the old name, even if it was an earful. So creative and cool! I understand your desire to make it simpler and more easily searchable.
Im really torn, but i feel its now or never kinda
@@Fishtory your channel your choice, have a peaceful Memorial Day.
@@damiangrouse4564 Well said!
Great video. I'd like to add some red to my econo-tank. I'll come back to this next time I'm adding plants. Thanks again.
Love the shorter name. Fitting and catchy. Keep up the great work on this channel. I always learn something new.
Awesome, thank you!
So just as a note: Rotala Rotundifoilia comes in some surprising varieties. Blood red, Red, Orange juice, Green, H'ra are just some of them. If you bought some of these for their intense reddish colors and are just growing under normal light levels, and not watching your ferts, and not injecting CO2, the best you can hope for is a light pinkish hue.
For that matter the basic Rotala Rotundifolia, even the very common "green variety" is going to color up a little reddish under stronger light. I've been growing Rotala from way back in 1989 back when it was uncommon at most LFS, and it only grew with reddish tints when under a phosphored, Mercury vapor bulb, light CO2 injection with Theil Aquatech's Laterite substrate additive. This is actually best used with Dupla cable substrate heating. which is pretty 1990's tech level that no-one's bothering with nowadays. The 2 Hour Aquarist's website is pretty good for getting most of the information about growing strongly red plants. Note that forcing red growth using the lean Nitrate regime has you running the raw edge of starving your plants for Nitrogen. You need to be aware of this and measure and dose Nitrate carefully checking at least every week. Those of you living in the Pac NorWest should note that it's not usual to have GH rich water if all of your water supplies are surface based, snow melt from Volcanic mountains or rain fed rivers tend to be really soft and you should at least use Seachem's GH additive Equilibrium as it adds a little Iron Gluconate. Iron Gluconate is safe for shrimp and provides chealated Iron for your plants. Measure your GH if your water is soft, Buy a cheap Water conductivity pen meter. and try to keep your water GH close to about 120 to 200 GH.
Thanks for the deep intel
Lol probably... i mean itd be a shame to lose her
Thanks for clarifying that for folks. I could have made this a 4 hour long video if i actually got into all the aspects of this stuff, so its hard to know what to leave out vs. Cover.
But Yeah, im assuming you commented early because i showed a bunch of rotala varieties and also later mention how bottoming out any macro means death if you dont know what you are doing/ feeding at least via substrate or water column.
Good nite
Good evenin govnah!
Hi Alex! Myself being a houseplant enthusiast for many years, installed a Soltech full spectrum pendant plant grow light above my heavily planted ff 55 gal. Plants, including a few red unidentified ones are loving life. Monthly trimmings on some breaking the water at top of the tank. Always replant top cuttings back into substrate. No Co2, no ferts. 1” Happy Frog ocean/forest potting soil capped with2-2.5” white pool sand , several large pieces mopani wood and river rocks, leaves.
Love your vids, your laid back personality and your love of nature in all its grandeur.
❤☮🐠🦐🪴
Aww thank you kindly. Your tank sounds wonderful
Thanks for the shorter name it was very difficult to search for your content
Love the new name ! Very catchy. Thanks as always ❤.
Thank you
I understand the need for a change and like the new name :D
Deep dive into taking care of plants in general with or without fertilizer. And inert substrate. I have found I needed to add iron because of the sheer amount of anubias java fern and water colomn feeders in general. ❤ thanks for another amazing video as always ❤
Oh boy... thats a long process of building up fish poo and plant debris if you dont use fertz, root tabs of active substrate.... but it's possible for sure!
Great idea changing name
Thank you. This video helped to bridge some holes on information I've been gathering the last few years, and now certain things make sense: )
I'm looking forward to the next year, putting some of these tips to work.
I think the best way to put it is all plants need iron regardless of color. Now I assume the iron is what red plants use to produce some red coloration or something like that and the misconception comes from there.
Thanks for the vid! Understanding how to limit nutrients for dense, colorful growth has been a real learning process for me and your video reflects my experiences. Currently I'm unable to access CO2 injection to bring out reds in my Alternanthera Reineckii planting, but I tried Seachem's Flourish Excel and saw visibly stronger reds. Unfortunately it also brings a distinct odor that many would find tolerable but, I don't. lol
Yes, so AR is going to just grow best with high light and full nutrient supplementation. ... iron makes the leaves denser and closer packed, making things look consistent and bright....but iron can definitely spark some funky reactions in the microbiome
@@Fishtory Thanks for the response! I didn't realize that iron could trigger a response so noticeable.
Great info. Thanks Alex @Fishtory ❗️
Sure thing my friend 😀
I'm working on some filter and substrate experiments. 😁 If I'm happy with the results, I might actually make an almost watchable video 😊
Sweeeeet. Keep me posted 😄
Another slam dunk vid. Thank you! I do have a question for you... Sightly on and off topic... Yrs ago I stumbled into killifish and then the yellow wonder killi and, I have all kinds of issues keeping plants with them because they require a FULL cover. If every SINGLE hole isn't entirely covered I'll sadly find a dried fish on the floor. They love me despite being amazing like you are, and breed without assistance. I have to keep them away from anything small. They ate all my shrimp once for instance! Lol they're so aggressive, but I want to give them the best home I can. How do you balance a planted, covered aquarium? Any recommendations or special ideas? I have a couple mystery plants that stay alive, beyond that nada. But my other aquariums do really well. I know this is a loaded question, I'm sorry! And, thanks for all you do Alexander!
Hmmm well strong lights... and drill some air exchange holes.. keep the water level 2 inches below the rim or lid...it may do the trick...i just keep the water 2 or 3 inches lower sometimes and have floating plants so they dont get any ideas looking up... also painting the 3 sides solid helps...they startle so easily
@@Fishtory Thanks so so much!! And, my goodness, you're right! Any sudden noise or movement & one will try to leap out while the others swim around excitedly waiting for food. Insatiable buggers. I'll give your great advice a shot. Thanks again for your time!
I've been hoping for more golden wonder content, and I just lost my three year old male banana yesterday, I'm broke up. That and a proper leech habitat, that's what I've been hoping for. I still have one little female left!
@@voluntaryismistheanswer
aww I'm terribly sorry for your loss. Sadly, 3yrs sounds about right for the wonder yellow. You did a good job of being consistent. I've noticed, besides not living long & being very smart, killifish are really sensitive to temperature. Losing power for a day or two caused me to lose 1 older yellow male(4 baby male blue notho & 3 younger female clown kili! With zero additional losses of all other species or opposite sexes of the same fish listed, no matter the ages! So, pretty sensitive).
If you're curious... The way my yellows reproduce seems to be a small, but important list; Having naturally amazing water in Oregon. It's almost always 6.8-7.0 where I am without treatment. I always leave replacement water out for several days(not sure how effective this part is, but less crap in the water the better imo). Soft, bushy plants with layered leaves at the base(like a small group of 3-4 small & med swords) for the eggs to land into as they mate and quite literally "pop out" one egg with each mating ritual. Have no bottom-grazing fish(like loaches) that might locate/eat the eggs. And finally, regular fresh or frozen food. I find I also have to do normal 20% water changes without stocking a cleanup crew. With a grouping of plants yellows lean against the plants while mating and the egg can settle naturally into the growing plants. The fry then have a nice hiding place once hatched. --They will eat their young when they're extra small, so it seems to be key.
I taught mine to feed from my plant tweezers and out of a bloodworm pyramid turned sideways in my hand. It's too hard to feed 7/8/9 of them well without some kind of system. With luck every few months I find a baby eventually make it's way out of the plants for larger chunks of food and after a little growing integrate into socializing with the group. This yr I had to put a couple of loaches in for crowd/birth control. It helped with reduce my water changes, too.
There is a fun video you may be able to find that illustrates just how high and accurately they jump out of the water AND how giii-normous yellow's mouths are. --A yellow male consumes a small cricket off of a looming stick/branch. Incredible!
Or you can look up how to breed with a breeding mop. Though, I've never done it, I've seen vids claiming it works. Just a real pain imo.
They are dazzling creatures. I hope you feel better about Banana & figure out that leech issue.😨 I have a silly fear of them since the release of Stand By Me when I was a child. Lol
@@voluntaryismistheanswer Sorry for the book. Wanted to help you out!
I, for one, would also like to know more about starving plants and dialing in the nutrients. Even if it was a livestream where you show us how to lookup plants with the resources that you mentioned and then explaining how you would personally accomplish the desirable results.
Well for most i just simply keep the nitrates at 0 to 5ppm and always have enough plants or filtration that im not exceeding that... thats what most aquascaped tanks do for presentation week/weeks... but yes, some places like the barr report or sites dedicaded to EI dosing will say 20ppm or 10 or 0 etc for specific plants and then note what the co2 rate should be for a given photo comparission. There is never really a set in stone answer for each plant, because if you have enough light, its all possible basically with that and co2.
21:11 I most definitely want more! Also if you know anything about routinely flowering Anubias I am highly interested.
Sure thing. Thanks for letting me know
Here is a word for you and I would link this word to the bog filter concept. The word is mychorhizae (sp.?). It is a cohabitation and there is a better word but it’s not coming to me but it starts with plant roots. The roots form structure and fungus grows on them which helps to gather and process materials. What is the word, it will come to me, it means cohabitation plus they help each other? Anyway feel free to use the mychorhizae word (which autocomplete seems to not recognize) after you look it up, you will see, it is a pretty cool concept.
I have a video on it for plants and nitrogen fixing...the sad part is almost no aquatic fungal michrorhizal research exists yet...its a brand new feild. I wish i could share more
Awesome job and information thanks for sharing 💗✌️👍💯
You are most welcome
Good info
What a good name choice!! GENIUS. when i eventually record/ edit videos of my red plants tank... It will be called Finder(no hook ups please)
Hehe right on! Annnd Thanks
Hi Alex, first of all, great name. This video is one of the best explanation out there on this subject.. I always felt some of the directions provided by others are simplifying and wrongly directing people who want to keep red plants with general statements like make sure you dose iron. I feel like too much iron is a recipe for black beard algae.
You are 100% correct on the algae hahaha....then they tell you buy the algae killer.... then the cloudy water clarifier, then the fish get stressed and sick and you buy their meds...yay!
Great video! Would you be able to do another video about anoxic filtration? And how to implement it in all types of setups? There’s not a lot of information out there and what’s out there is really hard to sift through.
I could try... but there's a reason why it's hard to find info on it...and that's because it has nkt been proven viable at small sizes.
Almost all the research is done on large scale implementation. Also if you are refering to Mr. Novak- in all my research as well as 3 other phds who are active professors in the USA, we cant find anything peer reviewed or formally published by him. He wont reveal where or when he got a phd and he is not registered as a phd or dr. Of anything that a group of us tried to researched. Id really love to have him prove he has any credentials actually.
Because other than his words, we have no aquarium info on it. That is to say,- it may clog and simply become an aerobic denitrifying cycle like a filterless bog tank or like LRBs.
Dude you are awesome! Your knowledge is my food. One question, is it beneficial to add aqua soil into my dirt substrate?
Like powder it a bit and mix it up b fore capping with sand?
Yes, absolutely im going to make a video about why the aquasoil is better than dirt in the short term...and its because the compressed balls of soil give oxygen to roots and microbes for an few inches but inside the annoxic microbes and nutrient fixation roots want is also possible. Quality does come with a price... ADA is probably the best according to Dr. Tom Barr and then contra, aquavitro or fluval planted stratum
So excellent and chock full of information, I am going to watch a second time! EXCELLENT content! And, you saved me from future BBA outgrowths (fingers crossed). And did i say this was EXCELLENT???😂 Joining too. ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉
Haha thank YOU. AND hopefully this WILL reduce your BBA
@@FishtoryWatched a second time! So much good and interesting info. And now i know a cause of the occasional BBA. TOO much iron. Thanks from the bottom of my heart❤❤❤
Those aquascapes are in fact amazing tho not many people do realise they are mostly done for the pictures (probably enhanced with photoshop to some level) and, I fear, destroyed the day after.
Not all of them (of course) but...
What gets em up in the morning and cash out with stock photo is to make new tanks, not keep them alive.
Truth
Keep up the good work👍🏻. I always love every moment of any post you do I especially enjoy any critters or plants so this one was really cool 😎 like the others. Good job my friend.
Thank you so kindly my friend
Your welcome 😁.
I think the name change was a good idea, Alex! 😎
Thanks buddy
Thank you for this! Explains so much! Are there any all in one testings that I can find to test micros/macros? I’ve seen other (out of the states) YTers use them, but I can’t find any. I may have to break down and buy them individually.
On another note! If you ever decide to charge for your services, I would totally send pics/videos/parameters and pay you for your opinions on my tank!
Well im glad its helpful to you. And yes there is new tech out ...at a price of 100$ a test... you can mail in water samples and get breakdowns...or home test units but annoyingly they're all over $2,000 that i know of.
I made a video on snails that talks about a few tricks you can use by studying their shells to estimate kh/gh and tds etc. But for specific numbers everything beyond nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, chlorine, tds, ph. copper, iron and calcium is expensive stuff sadly
Did you change your chanel name because of the video of FFT Chris hahah if yes is awesome 👍 also you make true Fishtory so it's on spot ! Keep it up
Thank you kindly.. and yes chris did sort of ...well he was the straw that broke the camels back lol
I’m really struggling with what ferts to use in my low tech tank..this is my first time keeping plants and I feel they could be doing better…should I buy all in one with npk or not…atm I’m using flourish comp…in that tank I have anub,Val,swords,java fern…few shrimp and snails..rummynose tetras,Ottos,dwarf gourami,albino pleco…and one of these guys are nibbling on my plants…any help would be greatly appreciated
You probably dont need much for those plants. An all in one aquarium fert like you mentioned every week or two is plenty. If you had red or colorful plants, it gets a bit trickier, but those plants just need trimming ones you see a leaf with pinholes or algae all over.... or sword leafs with melt
@@Fishtory thanks…and how about lighting?..8 hrs ok?..I have 2 fluval 3.0 36’s on a 24 deep tank and on the other tank I have 1 3.0 at 18 inches deep..wondering what to set my 3.0s at…atm they are pink 50,B 4…and all whites at 25%
Christel is a female name here in Germany. Oh, and the syllables of Auf-wuchs are seperated behind the F (Auf = on top of, Wuchs = growth).
Yes did i spell her name wrong? Shoot
How can I make a low maintenance aquarium for axolotls everywhere I search they say that I have to keep them alone
Yeahhh i dont know a ton about them, but unless you have a super chill and lazy one, i think they DO tend to need to be in a species tank
Huh!
I just figured out where I should hide all my gold bars 😮
Alex u are the best
Aww thanks
Seems like u must’ve watched the Fish For Thought channel and felt something when he mentioned ur channel name (or something that sounded close to ur original channel name).. hehe..
regardless though the new name is much catchier.. so good job on the rename!
Oh yeah i did see that, but ive gotten the same Comment for years 😅
@fishtory I thought I was on the wrong channel! Lol
Long time listener and struggling w my 40g low tech. No issues w plants I’m my other tanks but this one won’t even grow hornwort. I can’t get rid of the bba and that’s the issue 😭😭😭
Try reducing the flow...do some big water changes. And try some floating plants. If all else fails you can resort to a chemical product... sechem flourish is the only one i tend to use now.
@@Fishtory interesting here I kept trying to increase the flow bc it’s a big bio load tank-The Sicce filter has a piece that comes with it that should help slow the flow! Thanks
0:00 I would promote it as ["Fishtory" 'A Secret History Living In Your Aquarium'] similar to how you would see on book titles. Actually, 'A Secret History Living In Your Aquarium' sounds more like a description, than a brand title. You could even make the 'Fishtory' into a logo made of fish/aquaculture items/Ichthyology items/aquarium items/etc. Just don't use Phish.
I would still use the whole title, and read it off at the beginning of every video, to maintain consistency as well as transition the collected property into the knickname 'Fishtory'. The property is still associated with A Secret History Living In Your Aquarium that can be searched and it's own history searched/researched, while making it easier to compile it into a knickname/brand name.
I like this idea a lot! Thank you
@@Fishtory I have an extremely neat idea (to me anyway) for a cover page/video title card to start your videos similar to TGOE. Do you know anyone that can make simple animation/use flash? Not an substantial animation, but something quick and to the point. It's a shame you don't like toony art, but art is subjective.
I replaced my last cfl with combined LED. All my other lights are white only led. Its taking a bit of getting used to on my eyes. The extra red and blue light is hecka strobey
Yeah i dislike how LEDS strobe...but i do love the low energy consumption
Decent LED's should not strobe, maybe as a pulse width solution to regulating their brightness is how an aquarium lighting manufacturer does this nowadays. The thing is, standard, non electronic ballast CFL Flourescents (back in the day.) also strobed weakly, and Metal Halide HP and Mercury vapor lamps really strobed. We have it really easy for decent lighting now.
Great stuff Alex! Do you know of any low iron root tabs?
Yes there are some called "k" ... thats all it says on a plastic bottle lol...but theyre nitrogen and iron free ...all micros and high high potassium...which is what i wanted exactly...ill try and find out the manufacturer name
@@Fishtory Could it be Neo Plants K by Aquario?
@@Handygrrl i think it is! Thank you!
@@Fishtory You're most welcome! ;)
@@Handygrrl @Fishtory Thanks for this!
Man TH-cam was so much better back then when I was 12 years old I watched pecteck Dustin’s fish tanks and aquarium co op there wasn’t many fish and aquarium plant TH-camrs back when TH-cam was new i just turned 21 today and Im I love this hobby so much unfortunately couple years ago I got burnout from the fish hobby and I gave my fish away I did still keep the tanks just in case and couple weeks ago I was fishing and saw some black mollies swimming around my boat and reminded me when I had a aquarium so when I got home I had my imagination going wild what substrate am I gonna get what fish should I add what plants should I add and for like a hour I was daydreaming about it then I went to the fish store and got what I wanted then for the next 3 hours I was aquascaping I haven’t done this in years after I was done I added the water,bottle bacteria,plants, one piece of dead shrimp for the ammonia and for two weeks the tank cycled well technically a month bc I been waiting to add fish on my birthday
My channel just turned 8 years old... so I feel you on how fishtube used to be
Dangit! I effed up... should've watched this first before buying a bottle of Ferrion Iron.
Ramhorn destroy my jungle val leaves in my big tank :( yes its alive but looks terrible! Did they eat the leaves yes and no ! The eggs hurt the leaves then they eat dead parts ! I've found trumpet to be ok ! Ramhorn bad no good ha ha but I agree lights are 100 % where it's at!
Good video tho sorry I went off topic lol iam battling snails and a few other things lol
@@Smalltimetanks get some assassin snails, then you won't have a "snail problem" (overpopulation)
LOVE THE NEW NAME 🎉
Thanks
I buy Hardwood Lump Charcoal with no additives and I add it to everything.
I put it in my aquariums and terrariums and even in water bowls in terrariums.
Some creatures will nibble on it, and it absorbs odors and stuff, but also plants can supposedly use it as a carbon source.
1 big bag of charcoal, can be used for a huge amount of things.
I only bought 1 bag and I still have some left and I've been using it for 5-10 years.
Yes, activated carbon is better and more effective, but activated carbon cost a LOT more money and is only a little better, due to consistent small shapes and slightly greater surface area.
If you have a small aquarium filter and need to have carbon in the filter, then you should stick with activated carbon.
If you are wanting to add the benefits of activated carbon, but DON'T NEED to have it and you have a lot of space to put it, then hardwood lump charcoal is likely just fine and much much cheaper.
Of course, if you have something higher up on the food-chain, like a pet lizard or snake or something, you probably don't want them to accidentally rub their eye on the charcoal.
For any detritivore species you raise (land or aquatic), I see no reason to not include some hardwood lump charcoal or activated carbon.
That's just my opinion.
Sure why not :)
Howaya man, I'm looking to put a red at the back of the centre of 1 of my tanks where I have sessiflora both sides forming an arch over a winding path I have in the tank, it raises ( 3d so to speak) in other words - it will give the impression that the path continues on.. I hope you can figure that out Alex 😬, long story boring - - if it was ONE red plant,WHICH would you use... Rotala??
Thanks Alex... Sorry if I confused the sh1t out of you 🤦♂️👍👍
Co2? Rotala hra for sure...its beeeaaautiful, but no co2... ludwigia super red or alternanthera ren. mini
@@Fishtory no co2 Alex no.. Sorry for missing the stream, I'll catch up.. Maybe ludwigia so.. Pitty though, coz I prefer the rotala. Thanks for being a good human..
Trickery with Photoshop! 😂😂😂
Truth hurts lol
I shall try adding red. My last red plants died. Not sue what they were, sorry. I an getting more knowledgeable, but in my defence, they are my daughters tanks. I am just a facilitator. I love it too, though
Best wishes my friend!
I blame you and every other fish keeping youtubers for getting me too deep in too the hobby now... I bought a rack.. now I have 11 tanks... oh dear! lol
Muahahah take that! Enjoy nature sir....enjoy it reaaaaal good. 😄
Red spray paint
Hi, from India. Can we put iron rod directly in the water. Say some planter stand, or a a pot made of iron/steel.
Secondly, if we hv lots of fishes , they will produce lots of co2 in the water column… so adding too many fishes over time helps dealing with co2 deficiency?
Yes adding fish, food of plants eventually leads to decay and chemical reactions that eventually is incorporated into the systems carbon cycled ecology
Look at the lens not yourself... 😊
I had a bunch of notes right above the camera lol... damn
i need more iron... not my tank haha
'sup :)
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