I like the mystery snail. I believe that is my spirit animal. My girlfriend and I watched this whole video. We've been talking about doing this for awhile. Great job!
You got me with the Vodka, lol, great job. I have a 20 gallon tall that has been sitting for over a year. I’m thinking to pull it out and do my own version. Thanks for the inspiration 😊
It's time to put some fish back in there. It has been great. I moved everything to a 30 gallon tank (pump, filter, fish, plants) since 4 months now. I test the water regularly with test kit and at the store too. Always get the perfect results (without water changing of course).
I used to be into fish back before my apartment complex fire in 2006 then I lost it all and never got back into it. So expensive and very time consuming though I had this one Comet goldfish that moved with me three times and lived to be 18-22 years old. I bought him as snake food (10 for a dollar) but just him to put in my tank.
Time consuming indeed if you don't have the good setup. Before my aquaponic filter box, it was tiring and messy with cleaning and water changing. But now, I don't need to worry about the water quality anymore. I took the water to test at the store a few times and the level of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are always good even with big goldfishes. Really a peace of mind.
@@minhsmancave9448 Yeah, I am very pleased to see that level you achieved and best of all the work isn't twice a week to get to that level either (nor the costs of constant filter replacing). Great job.
Gorgeous. I do appreciate your honesty when you said you're inspired by other people's ideas. You made an awesome synthesis. Congrats! Above all this, the show is definitely relaxing. In fact you made an horizontal filter instead of a vertical one. Great idea.
Very nice, essentially a diy over the tank sump. I love that you made absolutely everything yourself. BTW a much easier way to sterilize soil is to microwave it.
Really like the DIY experimental approach. I was baffled by the soil, bleach, multiple water changes and dechlorination bit though! Perhaps if you need to sterilise the soil, put it in a baking tray and in the over for an hour or two? Love the aquaponic filter build. Thanks for posting!
Yes, many people were also horrified by the bleach. But I did wash the soil thoroughly and the fish were fine, gave birth to many generations till now. I must agree that there are simple ways to do it as you suggested. But I did what I can think of at that time (I use the approach of bleaching aquatic plants to prevent diseases when buying from internet). That filter looked nice and worked well for a period of time, but it does get clogged. I have been prototyping new designs and finally came up with one that eliminate many drawbacks of traditional aquatics systems, especially for fish tanks. I'm trying to make it a commercialized product and hopefully can put it on the market before the end of this year.
Soil in oven does work. But you'll want an old tray at the least with the extraction fan on. I had one of those bench top ovens; I used that outside. It does smell.
I really enjoyed your video. It was very relaxing to hear the water trinkling down as I was reading your subtitles. I’m new to the aquatic life as well.
Thank you for watching. I'm quite pleased with the setup. The water quality is very good without doing any cleaning or chemicals. I will bring more fishes home soon once the bacterias arefully developed to convert ammonia to nitrate. It might take up to 6 weeks, but that should be fine since I can just leave the water cycling.
Hi Minh! How are you doing my friend? Great fish tank. A brother of mine has a huge one and it takes him hours a week to clean it. I'll send him this video. The acrylic parts replace usual glass parts. I can't help wondering if glass was not a cheaper option. (FR) Salut mon ami! C'est bien de diversifier tes posts. Celui-ci est très très intéressant et instructif pour ma personne. Un peu étonné mais finalement compréhensible qu'il faille "aseptiser" la terre du jardin aussi loin. Je me demandais comment les plantes de l'aquarium pouvaient croître. En fait, ce sont les excréments des poissons qui bouclent le cycle en servant d'engrais. Génial! Ça donne envie de s'y lancer. Pour moi, c'est un des plus beaux de tes posts. Avoir sous-titré permet d'apprécier le son agréable de l'eau qui coule... Soothing... Allez porte-toi bien et étonne-nous encore mon ami! Prends soin de tes proches. On est presque au bout du covid.
I thought about glass too but it's harder for me to cut it to sizes. The price probably not much different. If your brother wanted to make similar setup, tell him to wait a bit, I already think of a new, improved version of this filter. Salut,ça va bien ? Je suis vraiment content avec le choix d'utiliser de terre,ça aide vraiment les plants à grandir. Et maintenant, sans le nettoyage, il y a pas grand chose à faire à part de regarder les poissons.
you are inspired by other peoples ideas and i am inspired by your video. thank you so much the tank really looks so good . i miss having fish and tanks and plant indoors . really going to save up some money and going to start this project one day
Great! I'm looking into doing something like this as well. I'm thinking you may want to include an air stone in the tropical fish tank to make sure the plants roots can get enough oxygen. Some plants will drown unless there is enough oxygen in the water. Have you had any trouble with solids/fish waste ending up in your grow bed?
I think the water splashing down stirs enough oxygen in there because I haven’t had any problem with the aquatic plants growth. They grew so fast that I had to get rid off some. The fish waste mixed with the soil and actually become plant food. In overall, I’m happy with the setup. I moved the fish to a bigger tank and did exactly the same setup, it has been 4 months and water quality is still perfect. Got many baby fish since they gave birth
Yes. I do think that the way I talk is a bit intense, maybe for something more technical, like CNC machines. Fish tank is on the relaxing side of things, just subtitling might be better. I do appreciate the fact that you actually following and reading the subtiles.
i live in asia with normal weather with the temperature usually 26-30, do i still need the water heater or is it fine if i don't use it?? please give me some advice
Thank you. I actually spent time to improve the design of the whole system and making it a filter set. I'm trying to start my business selling that system. Hopefully it will be on the market soon
Fantastic! What a great result and shows building your own filtration unit really works. Could you tell me what water pump you used to pipe water to the filtration unit. I am really interested in this as my girls got me interested in setting up an aquarium about a month ago, and I don't want to spend a heap of money on a filter system, when I believe it can be done naturally. I have the tank, soil, rocks, etc. Just need to the filter system and fish. This is what I am interested in doing. New sub and well done.
The pump I used is 160 gallons per hour. But that's overkilled. I think 60 to 90 gph will be more than enough. I have developed a much better system for commercialization but it might take a few month to be available on the market. In that system, I use 60gph pump for 10gal tank and it is working great.
I am wondering if the bleach part is necessary. In a growing project, I learned you can bake the soil to sterilize it. Wondering if that would be applicable here?
You can definitely bake it and less work to clean up the bleach. But I can also tell that the cleaning worked, all the fish were healthy and grew nicely. I had so many guppy and Molly fries that I had to give them all away
Do I have to put dirt in the bottom of the tank if I don’t plan on having live plants inside the tank? Or do I need plants inside the tank for good cleaning
I want to do this but with lettuce or spinach. Have you tried any of those? Have you had any problems with iron deficiency in your plants or other supplement problems? I’m trying to learn as much as I can. Thanks
I only pay attention to the water quality for fish and not so much about harvesting the plants so I didn't test for iron deficiency. But I think you should add potassium and phosphorus from time to time to help the plants grow. I haven't tried lettuce or spinach yet, but mint and basil are also very easy to grow and taste great
@@minhsmancave9448 thank you! Since I am just starting out I may just start with hardy herbs until I have honed my craft. Is the tank in the video a 10 gallon tank? Thanks again
@@grante.7525 Yes, 10-gallon tank. I now moved the setup to a 30-gallon tank and my goldfish to a 55-gallon tank, still using this type of filter. Everything has been great.
In my design, the water run from top to bottom and reverse, that way, the roots are oxygenated and won't rot. If the water doesn't move at the bottom of the bucket, the roots are more prone to rotting.
Hello!!! This is awesome!!! I agree the options for having one of these from the store is out of my price range or too small!!! Would you be willing to sell me one?
I spent the whole last year testing and redesigning, improving the whole system to make it commercilizable. I'm opening a company and the product will be available soon within acceptable price range. You will be able to convert almost any tank to a aquaponics system, from small to big tanks. I'll let you know.
This was so great to watch! Thanks so much for inspiring me and my 5 year. Old son Levi!!! We loved your set up and watching your plants grow and your first swim!!! Great job!!!
I'm glad you liked it. My daughter also 5 year's old now and she knows to add roots to trees every time she draws by looking at the roots in the filter box. I've spent the last year redesign the whole system to make a commercialize version that is easy to install on any fishtank and also very low maintenance. Hopefully I can put it on the market later this year.
That vodka was to clean up the algae in me, lol!!! I have no clue about salt water aquariums, that's another world I haven't or never explored. Too expensive for me.
13:00 I started feeling so nervous watching you cut acrylic on a table saw without a push block, ripping knife, AND holding the acrylic on *BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE* ! My god that is SUPER dangerous. I would have disliked the video but i can tell you put a lot of effort in the timestamps and everything else. Be careful!
Oh that’s too small for fishes . That’s like putting someone in a cage of 3 feet by 3 feet in a forest . Yeah , air is pure , but it is a bad cage still . Take them out , give them enough space to enjoy !
I DIDNT SEE ANYONE ASK HOW YOU KEEP IT CRYSTAL CLEAR. THATS EASY....JUST SCRUB IT CLEAN, ADD NEW WATER AND START THE CAMERA FOR THE VIDEO. EACH ONE OF THOSE GOLDFISH NEED ALL THE WATER IN THAT "AQUARIUM"...EACH!! THATS JUST CRUEL.
@@minhsmancave9448 I've heard about bacteria... beneficial bacteria you try to establish in your aquarium to take care of the nitrogen cycle. I've heard about dechlorinating your tab water if necessary depending on where you live. There is no chlorine in my tap water luckily. But I've never seen or heard about someone bleaching his setup. If there is something so terribly wrong with your water or soil that you have to bleach it, you'd probably beter not use it... 🤔
If you watch the video closely, the soil was from my garden. I didn't know what type of bacteria in there and there might be parasites, etc. I made sure to remove them all. Now I've learned that there are easier ways to do it such as baking, boiling or microwaving. I did what I can think of at the time and washed of the bleach many times, I also added water dechlorinator so the water was safe and my fish have been thriving. Both my mollies and guppies sprawned and I had to gave them to the fish store (more than 100 of them). The beneficial bacteria will grow when you have ammonia in the water naturally or by adding with bottled bacteria bought from the store. I didn't because my fish was small and I didn't over feed them.
I’ve read in books relating to building vegetable garden beds, not too add chemical treated wood or paint of any kind because of the chemicals leaching into the soil and vegetables. Since bleach is toxic and the paint that you used, I would suspect cancerous chemicals in the edible plants you eat and if someone were growing edible fish which is a goal of aquaponics systems, the bleach would leach into the edible fish too. Can you address this health threat, because when someone in your family or a family of someone watching and using your techniques is dying of cancer, it’s not so great what you’re teaching people?
Thank you for your concerns. I hoped that you watched through the video and saw how I addressed the health threat you mentioned. I hoped that you understand the concept of dilution and concentration. My first bleached water was 20% concentration on bleach. I scooped out the water, let’s say I left 10% left, then I filled the tank up, now, the water is 2% bleach. Next water rinse the concentration is 0.2%. I did that 5 times, so I had 0.0002% bleach in the water. Then I added the dechlorinator to neutralize the bleach. Then I change the water another time and add another dose of dechlorinator. If you have more doubts, asked other chemists if I did the right thing. I understand the garden bed issue because the paint or chemicals stay there without being diluted or washed. But I thought about this for long time and I didn’t teach people a dangerous thing.
I like the mystery snail. I believe that is my spirit animal.
My girlfriend and I watched this whole video. We've been talking about doing this for awhile. Great job!
Definitely worth doing. Not much maintenance needed, will save ton of time and money.
You got me with the Vodka, lol, great job. I have a 20 gallon tall that has been sitting for over a year. I’m thinking to pull it out and do my own version. Thanks for the inspiration 😊
It's time to put some fish back in there. It has been great. I moved everything to a 30 gallon tank (pump, filter, fish, plants) since 4 months now. I test the water regularly with test kit and at the store too. Always get the perfect results (without water changing of course).
I used to be into fish back before my apartment complex fire in 2006 then I lost it all and never got back into it. So expensive and very time consuming though I had this one Comet goldfish that moved with me three times and lived to be 18-22 years old. I bought him as snake food (10 for a dollar) but just him to put in my tank.
Time consuming indeed if you don't have the good setup. Before my aquaponic filter box, it was tiring and messy with cleaning and water changing. But now, I don't need to worry about the water quality anymore. I took the water to test at the store a few times and the level of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are always good even with big goldfishes. Really a peace of mind.
@@minhsmancave9448 Yeah, I am very pleased to see that level you achieved and best of all the work isn't twice a week to get to that level either (nor the costs of constant filter replacing).
Great job.
Gorgeous. I do appreciate your honesty when you said you're inspired by other people's ideas. You made an awesome synthesis. Congrats! Above all this, the show is definitely relaxing. In fact you made an horizontal filter instead of a vertical one. Great idea.
Very nice, essentially a diy over the tank sump. I love that you made absolutely everything yourself. BTW a much easier way to sterilize soil is to microwave it.
Yes, microwave definitely will sterilize it. Only that my wife won’t approve me putting soil and earthworms in the microwave, lol
Any life should be removed prior to microwaving or baking in the oven :/ @@minhsmancave9448 on that note, where did you find this bleach method??
Really like the DIY experimental approach. I was baffled by the soil, bleach, multiple water changes and dechlorination bit though! Perhaps if you need to sterilise the soil, put it in a baking tray and in the over for an hour or two? Love the aquaponic filter build. Thanks for posting!
Yes, many people were also horrified by the bleach. But I did wash the soil thoroughly and the fish were fine, gave birth to many generations till now. I must agree that there are simple ways to do it as you suggested. But I did what I can think of at that time (I use the approach of bleaching aquatic plants to prevent diseases when buying from internet). That filter looked nice and worked well for a period of time, but it does get clogged. I have been prototyping new designs and finally came up with one that eliminate many drawbacks of traditional aquatics systems, especially for fish tanks. I'm trying to make it a commercialized product and hopefully can put it on the market before the end of this year.
@@minhsmancave9448 good luck with the new design...is there are video for it?
New video about it will come when I have the filter ready to launch.
Soil in oven does work. But you'll want an old tray at the least with the extraction fan on. I had one of those bench top ovens; I used that outside. It does smell.
alot of work went into that... it all started out with aquestion... great job gonna try to copy this myself
I really enjoyed your video. It was very relaxing to hear the water trinkling down as I was reading your subtitles. I’m new to the aquatic life as well.
Wonderful demo! Love the sound of the water. Best job ever, thank you for sharing... i am going to try this!
Very much impressed and inspired! I definitely want to start 1 now!
I love the system I sure would like to do an outdoor version and make it solar powered
Great post and amazing achievement! It's consistently ecological as well. You inspired me a lot. Thank you!
Thank you for watching. I'm quite pleased with the setup. The water quality is very good without doing any cleaning or chemicals. I will bring more fishes home soon once the bacterias arefully developed to convert ammonia to nitrate. It might take up to 6 weeks, but that should be fine since I can just leave the water cycling.
Woah ! Brillant!!
good job 👏🏻 1st fish tank looks wonderful
To hide the Heater in the last part of the filter gave us more place in the tank
What a wonderful video - Thank you so much
Hi Minh! How are you doing my friend? Great fish tank. A brother of mine has a huge one and it takes him hours a week to clean it. I'll send him this video. The acrylic parts replace usual glass parts. I can't help wondering if glass was not a cheaper option.
(FR) Salut mon ami! C'est bien de diversifier tes posts. Celui-ci est très très intéressant et instructif pour ma personne. Un peu étonné mais finalement compréhensible qu'il faille "aseptiser" la terre du jardin aussi loin. Je me demandais comment les plantes de l'aquarium pouvaient croître. En fait, ce sont les excréments des poissons qui bouclent le cycle en servant d'engrais. Génial! Ça donne envie de s'y lancer. Pour moi, c'est un des plus beaux de tes posts. Avoir sous-titré permet d'apprécier le son agréable de l'eau qui coule... Soothing... Allez porte-toi bien et étonne-nous encore mon ami! Prends soin de tes proches. On est presque au bout du covid.
I thought about glass too but it's harder for me to cut it to sizes. The price probably not much different. If your brother wanted to make similar setup, tell him to wait a bit, I already think of a new, improved version of this filter.
Salut,ça va bien ? Je suis vraiment content avec le choix d'utiliser de terre,ça aide vraiment les plants à grandir. Et maintenant, sans le nettoyage, il y a pas grand chose à faire à part de regarder les poissons.
@@minhsmancave9448 super cool. I'll tell my bro to wait so. Thank you Minh!
Really amazing ..
you are inspired by other peoples ideas and i am inspired by your video. thank you so much the tank really looks so good . i miss having fish and tanks and plant indoors . really going to save up some money and going to start this project one day
Great! I'm looking into doing something like this as well. I'm thinking you may want to include an air stone in the tropical fish tank to make sure the plants roots can get enough oxygen. Some plants will drown unless there is enough oxygen in the water. Have you had any trouble with solids/fish waste ending up in your grow bed?
I think the water splashing down stirs enough oxygen in there because I haven’t had any problem with the aquatic plants growth. They grew so fast that I had to get rid off some. The fish waste mixed with the soil and actually become plant food. In overall, I’m happy with the setup. I moved the fish to a bigger tank and did exactly the same setup, it has been 4 months and water quality is still perfect. Got many baby fish since they gave birth
Great video thank you
Wow beautiful
Nice one 👍
You did an amazing job! Bravo!
Amazing video. Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas. I was just wonder, what kind of pump used in this project.
Nice banana plant!
I'm not very handy, would I be able to buy an acrylic box from you? I think i can do the rest!
Man cave! No Wife, No Kids, No problem - this said it all! hahahaha! but so love the idea more sustainable and easy to do!
Do you experiment a new mode of communication? as a matter of fact subtitling is a pretty good option.
Yes. I do think that the way I talk is a bit intense, maybe for something more technical, like CNC machines. Fish tank is on the relaxing side of things, just subtitling might be better. I do appreciate the fact that you actually following and reading the subtiles.
i live in asia with normal weather with the temperature usually 26-30, do i still need the water heater or is it fine if i don't use it?? please give me some advice
26-30' Celcius
anyway, your video is so awesome and inspiring, i want to try your method but with hydroponic plants
Brilliant really enjoyed your video,,,am thinking of probably trying something like this….hope you let us know if you do anything else well done
Thank you. I actually spent time to improve the design of the whole system and making it a filter set. I'm trying to start my business selling that system. Hopefully it will be on the market soon
Hi, You did a great job, thank you for sharing
Awesome!! Thank you for sharing 😃
I had to go to pee three times.
Oh, btw, nice project
Very funny! Good water circulation for the fishes and you, lol!!!
That's good
what is your new channel name?
Fantastic!
What a great result and shows building your own filtration unit really works.
Could you tell me what water pump you used to pipe water to the filtration unit.
I am really interested in this as my girls got me interested in setting up an aquarium about a month ago, and I don't want to spend a heap of money on a filter system, when I believe it can be done naturally.
I have the tank, soil, rocks, etc. Just need to the filter system and fish.
This is what I am interested in doing.
New sub and well done.
The pump I used is 160 gallons per hour. But that's overkilled. I think 60 to 90 gph will be more than enough. I have developed a much better system for commercialization but it might take a few month to be available on the market. In that system, I use 60gph pump for 10gal tank and it is working great.
@@minhsmancave9448 Thanks for the reply. All the best
the wire mesh will rust.
use fiberglass window screen instead
If I start with clean dirt do I have can I skip the whole bleach and water thing
Nope, skip that, I got dirty from my garden and didn't want any type of parasite in it that can kill my fish
I am wondering if the bleach part is necessary. In a growing project, I learned you can bake the soil to sterilize it. Wondering if that would be applicable here?
You can definitely bake it and less work to clean up the bleach. But I can also tell that the cleaning worked, all the fish were healthy and grew nicely. I had so many guppy and Molly fries that I had to give them all away
@@minhsmancave9448 It looks great and I admire how much work you put into it. I'm glad it paid off!
Do I have to put dirt in the bottom of the tank if I don’t plan on having live plants inside the tank? Or do I need plants inside the tank for good cleaning
No, you don't need soil if you are not planning on having aquatic plants. The plants in the filter are way more efficient for cleaning the water.
Is the dechlorinator not unsafe for consumption through the eddible plants?
Small amount should be fine.
I want to do this but with lettuce or spinach. Have you tried any of those? Have you had any problems with iron deficiency in your plants or other supplement problems? I’m trying to learn as much as I can. Thanks
I only pay attention to the water quality for fish and not so much about harvesting the plants so I didn't test for iron deficiency. But I think you should add potassium and phosphorus from time to time to help the plants grow. I haven't tried lettuce or spinach yet, but mint and basil are also very easy to grow and taste great
@@minhsmancave9448 thank you! Since I am just starting out I may just start with hardy herbs until I have honed my craft. Is the tank in the video a 10 gallon tank? Thanks again
@@grante.7525 Yes, 10-gallon tank. I now moved the setup to a 30-gallon tank and my goldfish to a 55-gallon tank, still using this type of filter. Everything has been great.
Is the plant light continuously on?
No, both the fish light and plant light are scheduled to turn on and off. I only keep the light on for about 10h
@@minhsmancave9448 what bulb was the plant light?
I bought some full spectrum LED grow light. I used the same the for fish light and they helped growing aquatic plants.
I kinda have a similar setup and your design impressed me.
But the roots of my plants rot in this kinda setup.
Any idea as to why it happens?
In my design, the water run from top to bottom and reverse, that way, the roots are oxygenated and won't rot. If the water doesn't move at the bottom of the bucket, the roots are more prone to rotting.
You can add a siphon to drain and fill, or keep the water moving. Water movement is the important part, and you also need room for oxygen
Hello!!! This is awesome!!! I agree the options for having one of these from the store is out of my price range or too small!!! Would you be willing to sell me one?
I spent the whole last year testing and redesigning, improving the whole system to make it commercilizable. I'm opening a company and the product will be available soon within acceptable price range. You will be able to convert almost any tank to a aquaponics system, from small to big tanks. I'll let you know.
@@minhsmancave9448 Please let us all know! I’d love to buy a kit!
Is the water good for the fish? No need for conditioners? Im really curious to know how healthy the fish are and how long they will live.
There's an update video and I'll post another update soon. Fishes are good and the plants grow like crazy
Cheers for the video :-)
amazing!
Once the filter box is filled, doesn't the water just flow directly out without filtering?
Agreed, I developed a new version making the maintenence easy. Will show later in another video
This was so great to watch! Thanks so much for inspiring me and my 5 year. Old son Levi!!! We loved your set up and watching your plants grow and your first swim!!! Great job!!!
I'm glad you liked it. My daughter also 5 year's old now and she knows to add roots to trees every time she draws by looking at the roots in the filter box. I've spent the last year redesign the whole system to make a commercialize version that is easy to install on any fishtank and also very low maintenance. Hopefully I can put it on the market later this year.
@@minhsmancave9448 we would love to know when it’s in the market!!! Are you in CA by any chance?
I'm in western maryland
I would have sanitized the dirt in a separate container THEN add it to the sank. Much less work!
Yes, smart!!! Shoulda do that too
awesome
Would you make a filter to sell? I would love one but couldn’t make it. I would love to buy one for my 10 gallon molly tank.
I'm working on making a commercialized version of my filter. It will be available to purchase in the near future.
Thanks please let me know when I can purchase love your design.
That noise would drive me crazy
For the fish that you have you need at least a 30 to 40 gallon tank if not larger 10 even 20 gallon is way too small for those fish
The vodka got me because (in small doses) it actually can be used to get rid of these annoying red algae in salt water systems!
That vodka was to clean up the algae in me, lol!!! I have no clue about salt water aquariums, that's another world I haven't or never explored. Too expensive for me.
Nico bro watching this may 2022
Great video thank you. I learned a lot!
Plz what kind of fish 🐠🐟 .
I got black Molly, Dalmatian Molly, Fancy Guppy and mystery snails
Too much of thanks ..
@@minhsmancave9448 thanks 👍
Which Fish Is the White One?
Stone Henge inspired...
Now I looked at it. I have the same mind as the ancient people.
Cold water fish, tanks that are too small, only plastic plants. That says it all. Poor animals!
Yep you go rescue those 2 plants & I’ll go rescue those poor goldfish! 🤬
13:00 I started feeling so nervous watching you cut acrylic on a table saw without a push block, ripping knife, AND holding the acrylic on *BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE* ! My god that is SUPER dangerous. I would have disliked the video but i can tell you put a lot of effort in the timestamps and everything else. Be careful!
Why don’t you fill up the tank to it’s max ?
🤷🏻♂️
Fish can jump out, snails also can crawl out
Way too small a tank for all those goldfish.
Oh that’s too small for fishes . That’s like putting someone in a cage of 3 feet by 3 feet in a forest . Yeah , air is pure , but it is a bad cage still . Take them out , give them enough space to enjoy !
Bleach in a fish tank?!?
Yes, washed throughly. Never had any problem with it. But as many other said, boiling or microwave the soil might be easier.
Ive honestly never seen anyone use bleach in their fishtank even prior to cleaning... Ok.
I DIDNT SEE ANYONE ASK HOW YOU KEEP IT CRYSTAL CLEAR. THATS EASY....JUST SCRUB IT CLEAN, ADD NEW WATER AND START THE CAMERA FOR THE VIDEO. EACH ONE OF THOSE GOLDFISH NEED ALL THE WATER IN THAT "AQUARIUM"...EACH!! THATS JUST CRUEL.
I'm sure that's how you do it. Open your mind a little and try the setup to see what I did was true.
Why on earth would you BLEACH (!!!) the water and soil you want to keep fish in??
To kill bacteria, have you heard of them?
@@minhsmancave9448 I've heard about bacteria... beneficial bacteria you try to establish in your aquarium to take care of the nitrogen cycle. I've heard about dechlorinating your tab water if necessary depending on where you live. There is no chlorine in my tap water luckily. But I've never seen or heard about someone bleaching his setup.
If there is something so terribly wrong with your water or soil that you have to bleach it, you'd probably beter not use it... 🤔
If you watch the video closely, the soil was from my garden. I didn't know what type of bacteria in there and there might be parasites, etc. I made sure to remove them all. Now I've learned that there are easier ways to do it such as baking, boiling or microwaving. I did what I can think of at the time and washed of the bleach many times, I also added water dechlorinator so the water was safe and my fish have been thriving. Both my mollies and guppies sprawned and I had to gave them to the fish store (more than 100 of them).
The beneficial bacteria will grow when you have ammonia in the water naturally or by adding with bottled bacteria bought from the store. I didn't because my fish was small and I didn't over feed them.
man that tank is ways to small
You meant the goldfish tank? They are in a 55 gallon tank now and will be out to the pond in spring
@@minhsmancave9448 ah great
:-)
why is the tank clear? you cleaned and change the water before recording this video... bingo.
Proving to you is the last thing on my list. I hope you have someone that you can trust in your life.
too fast to follow
Over stocked
bleach??
Yes, bleach. Worked great for disinfecting the dirty garden soil.
I’ve read in books relating to building vegetable garden beds, not too add chemical treated wood or paint of any kind because of the chemicals leaching into the soil and vegetables. Since bleach is toxic and the paint that you used, I would suspect cancerous chemicals in the edible plants you eat and if someone were growing edible fish which is a goal of aquaponics systems, the bleach would leach into the edible fish too. Can you address this health threat, because when someone in your family or a family of someone watching and using your techniques is dying of cancer, it’s not so great what you’re teaching people?
Thank you for your concerns. I hoped that you watched through the video and saw how I addressed the health threat you mentioned. I hoped that you understand the concept of dilution and concentration. My first bleached water was 20% concentration on bleach. I scooped out the water, let’s say I left 10% left, then I filled the tank up, now, the water is 2% bleach. Next water rinse the concentration is 0.2%. I did that 5 times, so I had 0.0002% bleach in the water. Then I added the dechlorinator to neutralize the bleach. Then I change the water another time and add another dose of dechlorinator. If you have more doubts, asked other chemists if I did the right thing. I understand the garden bed issue because the paint or chemicals stay there without being diluted or washed. But I thought about this for long time and I didn’t teach people a dangerous thing.
You lost me at bleach
Too much reading😩
Awesome video. Definitely makes me want to give this a go! I'll be looking at of your videos thanks!