Fantastic Irene. Your freezing dried food concept is so simple yet brilliant. I have thrown away lots of food from my ‘collection’ because it was too old. Time for me to implement your methodology. Thank you as always!
I'm so glad you find it helpful! I hate to waste food but I also want my fish to eat the freshest stuff possible. This was a good in-between solution. :)
You are such an important human to me Irene! Seeing a confident, passionate and knowledgeable woman with a similar ethnic background to myself is a massive thing - thank you for being you! (And also for making it ok to be make up free, or made up, whatever you feel like - ahhhhh liberating
Your video’s are user friendly and you make them fun,informative,and affordable. I just watch your videos and feel so inspired that maybe I’m not doing this now. But I could at some future time. I’m learning a lot even though I’m a senior citizen. Thank you. 👍🌟❤️
Great video very inspiring! One thing I did notice though is that you planted the crypt all bunched up instead of separating it into separate plants... I used to do this and my plants kept dying, then a lady at my fish store told me to plant them separately and my plants have thrived ever since. But If planting them bunched together works for you that's completely fine tho! Just thought id share my own experience :)
Great video as always Irene! Honestly I think its adorable how your kids leave notes when fish died so you can be more prepared and not take it too hard. Really amazing!
I don’t know what scares me more, waking up to the drawings behind my door or the dead fish lol. I love it though, would look super cool if you frame them and put it in a contemporary art gallery.
My main tank is a community tank. I feed every day a high quality all in one stick to be sure they get everything their diet requires. And in the evenings I'll give them either some spirulina, freeze dried bloodworms, or their favourite freeze dried brine shrimp.
"Helllooo!" hahaha!! I feed a micro pellet everyday on auto feeders. Then I mix it up to supplement. Frozen baby brine, bottom pellets, rapashy, bug bites, fry food, and krill flake.
Where have you been all these years Julia 🤣🤣 such a great video Irene.I really appreciated you showing how to make the repashy (spelling?) Soylent Green.. you might be onto something.. a TH-cam fish food cooking channel 🤣🤣👍 So sorry you have had some sickness.. you are an incredible fish keeper and I believe it helps others when you can share the ups and the downs of this hobby!! As always thank you for another great video. I always learn a lot from you!👍🐟🌱🌿
Oh good! Since I've started making videos for Aquarium Co-Op, I wanted to try a more casual, personal format for my own channel. We'll see if more people agree with you. :)
Super video again, Irene! You’ve finally convinced me that I need to try repashy. Hahaha “Happy Thursday!”... on Friday 🤣 - I totally lose track of days during these crazy times as well 😁 I love your tip about the aliquoting of the dry foods in the freezer - going to steal that one!
Yay, I'm glad the tips helped! All my fish seem to love Repashy, but it does break up into small particles easily so make sure you have some bottom feeders to clean them up. :)
I have severums so lettuce, cucumber, peas, green beans and zucchini are on regular rotation, along with Repashy, cichlid pellets or shrimp wafers. I joke that I only have a garden in order to feed my fish. 😆 My baby blue acara tank are crazy for bloodworms and brine shrimp.
Your videos are my absolute favorite. Such great info, presented in a concise and easy to understand manner. Thanks so much for sharing! How long is the dry food good for once opened? ie: how often are you dumping the old and refilling with your next frozen bag?
Good question! I believe my boss Cory says fish food is the freshest for a month. I keep my opened fish food in the fridge, so I stretch it out to 3-5 months.
Great video Irene! I have a variety of dry food from pellets, flakes, Fluva bites and homemade food to feed my bettas. Irene I have not tried the brine shrimp and live worms. Lol. I am concerned they will multiply or be all over my tank! Lol
I have a decent mix of food that i mix and match from day to day. I invested in weather proof note pads and notate everything i do in a tank on a daily basis which helps me mix up their diet from day to day
@@GirlTalksFish I found two Rapashy types available online in Australia.. very excited about this new product, I am sure my fish will be even happier than me
An interesting thought just came through my mind and reminds me of my early days of fishing with my wife. When we had no money at all we go from fish store to fish store looking to see what they had to see if they had anything exceptional that we might want. But I have a feeling people today don't do as much traveling for fish as I used to so maybe a thought on how people that are going to peruse a fish store in contrast to the average customer. Maybe when I'm talking about is the local customer versus the fish tourist. On myself like to wait till they're done helping local customers and then ask my questions and I assume that most people would do this instead of demanding to be the first in line for attention even though you're not intending to buy a whole lot. In the end I get to know my local fish shops and I consider that within 50 mi I get to know what that shopkeeper likes dislikes as far as fit fish and whether or not he'd be interested in fish that I have for sale or if they're particularly looking for anything. Even to the point where if I'm looking for a specific fish I can ask them if they've ever run into it and sometimes I get a yes it's the fruit. That's how I found my first emerald green - corridors back in 1984 back when those were unheard of but one guy in bend Oregon had a couple and I had to drive them back three hours to my fish tank. So maybe a thought on the Aquarius visiting shops. I know this is probably not in your usual range of topics
Hi Irene, Hope your doing well. great videos 😊 keep up the great work . Your content and videos are just soo unique and enjoyable to watch. I have learnt soo much from you and would like to thank you for that. Irene I wanted to know when you take the fish food out of the freezer and put them into the container how long should the expiry date be for before u replace it? . And should that food be place in the fridge this time round or kept at room temperature? Also can all fish food be store in the freezer to be kept fresh ? Many Thanks Muhammad 😊
Sorry about your platy passing. Have you tried ordering platies from Imperial Tropicals fish farm in Florida? The have great platies - a couple of months ago I ordered some different varieties of platies from them - they are awesome! Their blue coral platies are particularly stunning... :)
I was actually looking at ordering from online, but thankfully I found a local fish store who carried the platies I was looking for. Saved me $50-$100 in shipping costs!
Love the baby spoon for feeding 😂 thanks for the levamisole tip, I've been fasting. I'm getting a microscope to try to diagnose fish disease because I can't stand the guessing. 3 years of biology classes finally in use!
Haha, gotta put those little spoons to use somehow now that the kids are older! That's so cool that you're using a microscope; let me know if you see anything interesting!
Sorry to be off topic but your skin looks really good first thing in the morning! What skincare products do you use? I’m pretty happy with my current skincare routine but I’m always looking for inspiration lol
Really love the long stringy moss vine looking plants in your tank with the dwarf chain loaches do you mind letting me know what its called so i can get some
Im just starting up my first community tank with a female beta fish, some platies and maybe some panda Corys. But im still a bit confused on what food to get for those fish and how to feed the different ones if they have other food needs. Do you have any suggestions on what foods I should get?
Hi Irene. Thanks again for another funny and informative video. Our whole family enjoys your channel. We were just wondering what happened to Soundwave? We did not see you feed him...
Ah, unfortunately 2 months ago he passed away of old age. Watch the end of my previous video on How to Save Your Sick Betta Fish for more details: th-cam.com/video/SIKXRjCPPqw/w-d-xo.html
I know that I'm SOOO late but I was wondering if 1. I actually need to have a quarantine tank and 2. What food should I feed my betta fish if I also have snails in the tank as well. I'm probably going to the pet store on Monday to get a tank and supplies and obviously a fish so I was wondering if you could give me some other tips or links to other videos. Btw this is going to be the first time I get a fish and I'm stoked. Thanks!
Hello Irene. Do you know how long frozen worms last in the freezer after you defrost them? I own only a couple of tropical fish and a betta across 3 medium size tanks and they can’t finish one capsule in one feeding :)
What would you recommend for a mixed Cichlid tank. They love the frozen food (Cichlid community and Blood worms) but they won't touch any pellets (floating and sinking) or flakes. Even the ones labelled specifically for Cichlids.
Great question! Here's the video where I show my hatchery setup, but basically I shine a light at the bottom of the bottle so that all the BBS swim downwards and I have an airline tube to drain them out. The egg shells float so they don't get collected. Check it out: th-cam.com/video/Mr-NhXwy_Kc/w-d-xo.html
Saw your dwarf corals and some of the issues. I have a colony with plenty of babies local here that are doing well and healthy in Aurora water. If that group doesn’t do well let me know and I can get some too you!
Fortunately or unfortunately, I haven't been on many long vacations, so if it's for less than a week, I don't feed the fish anything. :) However, if it's for longer than a week, I use the Eheim auto feeder: amzn.to/3hHFtfU - It's very reliable and you can always put tape across the opening to make it smaller if too much food is pouring out. :)
Great advice on storing the food and helping it to last longer. Do you also store fish tank conditioners, and meds in the frig too? Can we do that and it won't harm the effectiveness (i.e. Primer, de-stresser, trio of fish meds)?
Most of them are from aquariumcoop.com, which I work for. They mostly specialize in beginner level plants that do well despite my lack of a green thumb. :)
I've heard that it's a great appetite enhancer but the fish would have to eat a ton of it to get any medicinal benefits. This is just what I've heard anecdotally though; I don't have any research to back that up.
*Got a betta fish? Here's a video on all the foods I've tried with my betta fish: **th-cam.com/video/r_QbnHir5Dk/w-d-xo.html*
The glasses are in the distant past, but good for "looking like death" days :)
Lol, you're right! I totally should've worn them. 😎
@@GirlTalksFish After your Amazing Clown Loach video, how would you like to make one on Bristlenose catfish?
Girl Talks Fish can I leave the extra food in the refrigerator instead of the freezer for freshness of the food?
Fantastic Irene. Your freezing dried food concept is so simple yet brilliant. I have thrown away lots of food from my ‘collection’ because it was too old. Time for me to implement your methodology. Thank you as always!
I'm so glad you find it helpful! I hate to waste food but I also want my fish to eat the freshest stuff possible. This was a good in-between solution. :)
And here I thought *I* was a fish-food collector. :D
Omg please tell me that was an intentional Julia Child “hellloooo”
Yes, someone got the reference! 😂
Hahaha!!! I caught that, too. Love it!
@@GirlTalksFish Jumped immediately to comments to say it's Julia Child!!!
You are such an important human to me Irene! Seeing a confident, passionate and knowledgeable woman with a similar ethnic background to myself is a massive thing - thank you for being you! (And also for making it ok to be make up free, or made up, whatever you feel like - ahhhhh liberating
I’ve learned so much from your videos! My fish and aquatic plants say thank you Irene!
Your video’s are user friendly and you make them fun,informative,and affordable. I just watch your videos and feel so inspired that maybe I’m not doing this now. But I could at some future time. I’m learning a lot even though I’m a senior citizen. Thank you. 👍🌟❤️
What a great video! How do I "like" this twice?
Lol, you're so sweet!
Great video very inspiring! One thing I did notice though is that you planted the crypt all bunched up instead of separating it into separate plants... I used to do this and my plants kept dying, then a lady at my fish store told me to plant them separately and my plants have thrived ever since. But If planting them bunched together works for you that's completely fine tho! Just thought id share my own experience :)
Great video as always Irene! Honestly I think its adorable how your kids leave notes when fish died so you can be more prepared and not take it too hard. Really amazing!
As depressing as the moment was, the little notes were _super_ cute and heart-warming. 😊
I don’t know what scares me more, waking up to the drawings behind my door or the dead fish lol. I love it though, would look super cool if you frame them and put it in a contemporary art gallery.
Thanks!
Oh my goodness, thank you, Mike! 😊
My main tank is a community tank. I feed every day a high quality all in one stick to be sure they get everything their diet requires. And in the evenings I'll give them either some spirulina, freeze dried bloodworms, or their favourite freeze dried brine shrimp.
"Helllooo!" hahaha!! I feed a micro pellet everyday on auto feeders. Then I mix it up to supplement. Frozen baby brine, bottom pellets, rapashy, bug bites, fry food, and krill flake.
Where have you been all these years Julia 🤣🤣 such a great video Irene.I really appreciated you showing how to make the repashy (spelling?) Soylent Green.. you might be onto something.. a TH-cam fish food cooking channel 🤣🤣👍
So sorry you have had some sickness.. you are an incredible fish keeper and I believe it helps others when you can share the ups and the downs of this hobby!! As always thank you for another great video. I always learn a lot from you!👍🐟🌱🌿
I love this format! I just ordered Repashy for the first time after watching this.
Oh good! Since I've started making videos for Aquarium Co-Op, I wanted to try a more casual, personal format for my own channel. We'll see if more people agree with you. :)
Super video again, Irene! You’ve finally convinced me that I need to try repashy. Hahaha “Happy Thursday!”... on Friday 🤣 - I totally lose track of days during these crazy times as well 😁 I love your tip about the aliquoting of the dry foods in the freezer - going to steal that one!
Yay, I'm glad the tips helped! All my fish seem to love Repashy, but it does break up into small particles easily so make sure you have some bottom feeders to clean them up. :)
Girl Talks Fish I’m addicted to cory cats, so I have a different school in each tank - I bet they’re going to be in heaven, along with my Amanos :)
watching this as i just woke up! best way to start my day on a positive note!
Aw, you don't look like death! Thanks for the good info! I recently started using more of a variety in foods so this was helpful!
Nice video! I’m getting a Peacock Goby and I’m so confused on what to feed them. Now I find this video and it helped. 👍
I haven't seen my peacock gudgeon refuse anything except maybe vegetables. She's not picky at all. :)
Thank you it really helps a lot the list is cool.
This is such a great video ❤️👍🏼
I have severums so lettuce, cucumber, peas, green beans and zucchini are on regular rotation, along with Repashy, cichlid pellets or shrimp wafers. I joke that I only have a garden in order to feed my fish. 😆 My baby blue acara tank are crazy for bloodworms and brine shrimp.
This was very helpful! I also change things up for all of my fish, but you introduced some new foods I hadn't tried, and now will! Thank you!
Your videos are my absolute favorite. Such great info, presented in a concise and easy to understand manner. Thanks so much for sharing!
How long is the dry food good for once opened? ie: how often are you dumping the old and refilling with your next frozen bag?
Good question! I believe my boss Cory says fish food is the freshest for a month. I keep my opened fish food in the fridge, so I stretch it out to 3-5 months.
Great video as always!
Great video Irene! I have a variety of dry food from pellets, flakes, Fluva bites and homemade food to feed my bettas. Irene I have not tried the brine shrimp and live worms. Lol. I am concerned they will multiply or be all over my tank! Lol
I have a decent mix of food that i mix and match from day to day. I invested in weather proof note pads and notate everything i do in a tank on a daily basis which helps me mix up their diet from day to day
I loved this style of video and the information and content was a 💯 percent like awesome! Thank you! GTF is definitely a great fish channel 👌🏻❤️
Thanks for your lovely advice
Love from India
The Repashy is totally new to me! never heard of it but will look for it on line and start feeding it to the algae eaters! thanks for the video
I love it! And you can definitely mix different combinations of Repashy powders together if you like.
@@GirlTalksFish I found two Rapashy types available online in Australia.. very excited about this new product, I am sure my fish will be even happier than me
This is by far your best video ever!
Awww, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Video editor do you use for your videos cuz they look so Crystal Clear
An interesting thought just came through my mind and reminds me of my early days of fishing with my wife. When we had no money at all we go from fish store to fish store looking to see what they had to see if they had anything exceptional that we might want. But I have a feeling people today don't do as much traveling for fish as I used to so maybe a thought on how people that are going to peruse a fish store in contrast to the average customer. Maybe when I'm talking about is the local customer versus the fish tourist.
On myself like to wait till they're done helping local customers and then ask my questions and I assume that most people would do this instead of demanding to be the first in line for attention even though you're not intending to buy a whole lot.
In the end I get to know my local fish shops and I consider that within 50 mi I get to know what that shopkeeper likes dislikes as far as fit fish and whether or not he'd be interested in fish that I have for sale or if they're particularly looking for anything. Even to the point where if I'm looking for a specific fish I can ask them if they've ever run into it and sometimes I get a yes it's the fruit. That's how I found my first emerald green - corridors back in 1984 back when those were unheard of but one guy in bend Oregon had a couple and I had to drive them back three hours to my fish tank.
So maybe a thought on the Aquarius visiting shops. I know this is probably not in your usual range of topics
It's good and I'm glad you made this video.👍
You are so organized💚💚💚💚💚
As usual, very well done!
You definitely “rock” the “siphon necklace” on the weekend.
Looking forward to your next treatise,
Jim
Hi Irene,
Hope your doing well.
great videos 😊 keep up the great work . Your content and videos are just soo unique and enjoyable to watch. I have learnt soo much from you and would like to thank you for that.
Irene I wanted to know when you take the fish food out of the freezer and put them into the container how long should the expiry date be for before u replace it? . And should that food be place in the fridge this time round or kept at room temperature?
Also can all fish food be store in the freezer to be kept fresh ?
Many Thanks
Muhammad 😊
Please get back to me Irene 😊 thank you
Sorry about your platy passing. Have you tried ordering platies from Imperial Tropicals fish farm in Florida? The have great platies - a couple of months ago I ordered some different varieties of platies from them - they are awesome! Their blue coral platies are particularly stunning... :)
I was actually looking at ordering from online, but thankfully I found a local fish store who carried the platies I was looking for. Saved me $50-$100 in shipping costs!
Love the baby spoon for feeding 😂 thanks for the levamisole tip, I've been fasting. I'm getting a microscope to try to diagnose fish disease because I can't stand the guessing. 3 years of biology classes finally in use!
Haha, gotta put those little spoons to use somehow now that the kids are older! That's so cool that you're using a microscope; let me know if you see anything interesting!
Sorry to be off topic but your skin looks really good first thing in the morning! What skincare products do you use? I’m pretty happy with my current skincare routine but I’m always looking for inspiration lol
Helloooooooo! Cracked me up. Great job 👍🏼
hi good day.... what kind of substrate your using with your molly tank? can also use that to shrimp tank and planted tank? Thanks
Hey can you please tell - are the microwave cup , spoon etc... dedicated for fish use only with no soap used on them?
Im so glad i found your channel!
Really love the long stringy moss vine looking plants in your tank with the dwarf chain loaches do you mind letting me know what its called so i can get some
Irene I have been watching your videos for a while and because of you I git some platies and now im thinking of starting a youtube channel
Im just starting up my first community tank with a female beta fish, some platies and maybe some panda Corys. But im still a bit confused on what food to get for those fish and how to feed the different ones if they have other food needs. Do you have any suggestions on what foods I should get?
Hi Irene. Thanks again for another funny and informative video. Our whole family enjoys your channel. We were just wondering what happened to Soundwave? We did not see you feed him...
Ah, unfortunately 2 months ago he passed away of old age. Watch the end of my previous video on How to Save Your Sick Betta Fish for more details: th-cam.com/video/SIKXRjCPPqw/w-d-xo.html
I know that I'm SOOO late but I was wondering if
1. I actually need to have a quarantine tank
and
2. What food should I feed my betta fish if I also have snails in the tank as well.
I'm probably going to the pet store on Monday to get a tank and supplies and obviously a fish so I was wondering if you could give me some other tips or links to other videos.
Btw this is going to be the first time I get a fish and I'm stoked.
Thanks!
Great video Irene ✌
Your videos are great 👍
Love the lego hoodie :)
Hehe, my husband used to work on a Lego video game and this was part of the swag he brought home. :)
Nice learning video these types of stuff is good to know
How did you attach the tube ring to the suction cup in the quarantine tank?
Ah, good question! It's an airline holder that I got here: www.aquariumcoop.com/products/airline-holder
love your vlog style videos
Great video, they certainly get spoilt lol, great feeding content, keep up the amazing work
Thank you! I had a lot of fun making this meal plan for them. :)
Hello Irene. Do you know how long frozen worms last in the freezer after you defrost them? I own only a couple of tropical fish and a betta across 3 medium size tanks and they can’t finish one capsule in one feeding :)
Best feeding video ever
My weather loaches used to go mad for live blood worms lol they would hover them up fast
What would you recommend for a mixed Cichlid tank. They love the frozen food (Cichlid community and Blood worms) but they won't touch any pellets (floating and sinking) or flakes. Even the ones labelled specifically for Cichlids.
Hey there, just wondering when you harvest BBS, how do you avoid picking up unhatched shells?
Great question! Here's the video where I show my hatchery setup, but basically I shine a light at the bottom of the bottle so that all the BBS swim downwards and I have an airline tube to drain them out. The egg shells float so they don't get collected. Check it out: th-cam.com/video/Mr-NhXwy_Kc/w-d-xo.html
@@GirlTalksFish Oh must've missed this! Thank you
Those notes from your kids are too cute
I love this so much !!!!
“Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of room for foreground/mid ground plants”
Thank god I thought it only happened to me
what should i feed my guppies and mollies? are flakes good
I feed normally bassleer bio fish food and frozen bloodworms and if i can feed as much live musquito larvea as possible☺ o jeah also vegetables☺
your fish have more variety in their diet than I do
Channeling your inner Julia Child, well done! Another great video. Thanks for all the great info!
Haha, I wasn't sure if anyone in the audience would get it!
Hi I was wondering if you feed just once a day or more often? Thanks 😊
You are so beautiful 😍 🤩
I've never met a woman in real life who loves aquarium's as much as I do.
Central Florida lonely here 😅
Great content 🤙
Saw your dwarf corals and some of the issues. I have a colony with plenty of babies local here that are doing well and healthy in Aurora water. If that group doesn’t do well let me know and I can get some too you!
you should make a video on what to do when you have to leave your tank, to go on vacation:)
Fortunately or unfortunately, I haven't been on many long vacations, so if it's for less than a week, I don't feed the fish anything. :) However, if it's for longer than a week, I use the Eheim auto feeder: amzn.to/3hHFtfU - It's very reliable and you can always put tape across the opening to make it smaller if too much food is pouring out. :)
Brand new tank with new filter. Should I be doing water changes when trying to cycle first? Or no water change until ammonia and nitrates reach zero?
I wish Amano shrimp were easier to breed.
Health is wealth 💪🏽💪🏽
IRENEEEEEEE I cannnot say this enough but make more of these type of videosssssss
How long is fish food good for? (Flakes and pellets)
Excellent video
good night. What is good food for tiger barb fish
6:58 Good kid.
What lids do you use?
love your videos
I think that sometimes feeding the same stuff all the time is acceptable if there is algae or micro fauna for the fish to get additional food from.
My ottos love potato. Pealed and blanched they'll suck on it for days.
is the grreat choice 10g a good tank? Love the vids btw
Thanks so much! Hmm, I've never used them before, so maybe check reviews online?
Great advice on storing the food and helping it to last longer. Do you also store fish tank conditioners, and meds in the frig too? Can we do that and it won't harm the effectiveness (i.e. Primer, de-stresser, trio of fish meds)?
Learned a lot. 謝謝你
Which Repashy for Red Cherry Shrimp
Where do you get your live plants
Most of them are from aquariumcoop.com, which I work for. They mostly specialize in beginner level plants that do well despite my lack of a green thumb. :)
Would you consider making a video about how much live food to feed at one time?
I am a food collector as well, most of my fish are not too picky but very few eat Vibra bites
How long does fish food usually stay good before it expires? I only have one betta, so I'd love to try this trick!
I come back to this video like once a day
What food would you say is good for platys
For how many hours do the hatched brine shrimp stay alive in the aqaurium fresh water
Hi There cheers on the healthy fish food :D "D anyone had tried this ?:D
Second!!!!!!!! Healthy foods for fish
Do pygmae corys eat rapashi?
Great video! Is garlic good or bad for fish? I have read different opinions...
I've heard that it's a great appetite enhancer but the fish would have to eat a ton of it to get any medicinal benefits. This is just what I've heard anecdotally though; I don't have any research to back that up.
Girl Talks Fish Thanks for your reply!