The Ultimate Guide to Crafting a Breathtaking Natural Aquarium
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2024
- Understanding Deep Substrate & the Father Fish Supplement
In this informative TH-cam video titled "The Very Best Formula for a Natural Deep Substrate Aquarium" viewers will learn the essential steps to establish a thriving natural aquarium. Father Fish emphasizes the critical role of deep substrate and the Father Fish supplement for achieving a balanced and sustainable environment.
The video begins by highlighting the significance of deep substrate, which plays a crucial role in mimicking the natural habitat of aquatic plants and organisms. Deep substrate allows for the proper establishment of a diverse ecosystem, enabling plants to establish strong root systems and promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria.
The discussion also centers around the importance of a sand substrate, which complements the deep substrate and contributes to a balanced and stable environment. The combination of both substrates creates a harmonious ecosystem that fosters the growth of various plant species while providing an ideal environment for fish and other aquatic life.
Furthermore, the video emphasizes the significance of nutrients, organic matter, and essential minerals for maintaining the aquarium's health. The presenter explains how these elements interact and contribute to the overall well-being of the aquarium's inhabitants.
A key highlight of the video is the introduction of the "Father Fish supplement." Father Fish elaborates on the supplement's unique formulation, enriched with organic compounds and essential nutrients. The supplement acts as a catalyst for the growth and development of aquatic plants and supports the overall vitality of the aquarium.
In conclusion, "Do Not Start a Natural Aquarium Without Doing This" emphasizes the crucial role of deep substrate and the Father Fish supplement for creating and maintaining a successful natural aquarium. Viewers are left with valuable insights and practical tips to embark on their own natural aquarium journey while ensuring the well-being of their aquatic inhabitants.FATHER FISH is an advocate for natural aquariums. His research over 25 years provides a wealth of information about the creation and maintenance of natural aquariums.
On this channel you will find scientific research as well as personal testimonials by countless hobbyists who have applied the Father Fish System and are enjoying its amazing benefits.
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0:00 Teaser
0:53 Substrate Ingredients
2:18 Formula
3:41 Setup Step #1
4:41 Formula Benefits
5:55 Supplement
6:47 Setup Step #2
7:33 Setup Step #3
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I set up my first father fish aquarium today. 20 gallon long, 1inch dirt, 2 inch sand plants, wood, leaves, and rocks. Thank you Father Fish
Did you put leaves from the creek directly in the tank?
@@Centraxal I did not I did take one from my backyard I also had some catapa leaves I bought months ago before watching FF. However, I do have 2 resurrection jars. One from the river behind my house and one from my pond a few towns up the road. I do plan to introduce things from my pond in a few weeks. The stuff I have in my river jar looks horrific so I will be returning those and starting another jar from the pond in Beckett
Wow what does horrific look like 😮
@@ryanrogers8211 omg I wish I took a picture. There were these things that looked like fat centipedes. Plus it had some other things that I wasn’t sure about. But I was damn sure those big aquatic centipedes in my tank. Thankfully my pond jar is doing very well with lots of small not horrific creatures lol
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KGTropicals will be mad at this 😂 This eliminates the highly expensive artificial CO2 injectors that they sell.
Greetings from Germany!
I've had aquariums for almost 30 years now, but I'm learning so many new and important things here.
Thank you father fish!
My tank is a couple months old after this method. So beautiful. Also got his 65 plant stem kit. The best part is seeing my fish actually graze and explore the tank instead of glass surfing and begging all day!
Natural way 🤗😍
This is the way
@@90ritesh90is that from the Mandalorian???
@@Jay9595 yes
Was the plant pack a good deal ? And how was the quality of plants from them?
Handsome Hairstyle, Uncle Fish
Happy Friday Father Fish! Water is at 82F fish are all recovered with only a few unfortunate losses. All thanks to your guidance. Appreciate it big time, all the best from Ireland 🇮🇪
When I setup my 55 I missed adding pond mud. I used organic. soil, cow manure, peat moss, additive. I mixed it with heavy detritus water from my former tank. Everything is thriving wonderfully.
Love all you do for us! Thanks!!
We absolutely needed this one …. This video will do miracles ❤
Clear, concise. This should help out a lot of new converts immensely. Well done FF.
Excellent, thank you!
Much needed video. Simple and full of information. I been watching Father Fish since day one. I love the progress ❤
Thank you father fish for everything much love 💕
Thank you so much for the exact amount of cups!! I'm planning on making an indoor minipond of 10 gallons for a rescued betta, this video was just what i needed ^^
Love you too Father Fish! I am so excited to create my tank! I have a 20 gallon that is decently established, but eeek, it has a gravel bottom, and now I realize how much harder it has been. I’m jumping up to a 30 gallon rimless, I bought your soil supplement and other stuff, and will begin transferring all my friends to their upgraded home as soon as I get the shipment.
Great video Father Fish! Awesome advice as always. 👍
Thanks so much Father Fish! you re motivated me to have a real balanced and natural aquarium.🐬
Thank you very much! 😊😊
Next time when i will be reseting my aquarium, i'll do it like you said Father Fish. Thank you :)
Thank you for this. This is now my guide for my first planted tank! Looking forward to getting started.
The best advice ❤❤❤ thanks again father fish!
lots of love from South Africa 🇿🇦 thank you father fish ☺️🙏🏼
Wow that was clear and simple. Excellent teaching. ❤
Thank you so much for kindly sharing your knowledge and experience! I'm doing it Father, dirt is going in my next tank!!
Thank you for the information
Wow Fr. Fish you are looking great!! I just got a 6 gal tank with all the fixins and will use this recipe, thank you. Coral
Thank you invaluable info
First. Love the haircut. Summer look ;) I'm sure allyour newer viewers will DEEPLY appreciate this exacting tutorial.
🐠Best laid out, simplest, most concise explanation yet. Thankyou 🙏 I've been wading into deep substrates, but knew I wasn't there yet. I had no idea how large a part peatmoss played in the mix, for starters. And the benefits of your special mix honed over decades cant be overstated. I hope you ship overseas 🤞 happy to lean into your years of experience..😊
We are setting up distributors in various regions.
wonderful!!!
thank u
Love the quality and structure of this video
Thank you, Father Fish; you are a wise man. Show us things that the retail store doesn't show us.
You are hands down my favorite TH-camr ever. In any genre of TH-cam. I’ve got a lot of hobbies. So TH-cam comes in handy really frequently. My latest hobby is dirted aquariums And you are hands down my favorite TH-camr ever, despite the hobby.
I can see this video being very beneficial.
Wow! Looking good !
Thank you
Hello Father Fish. Great haircut. You look very distinguish. I'm in the process of setting up my tank right now. I'm so excited to be getting this done. And I really hope that my fish will love their new home. They're even getting new wood and rock structures. Woohoo 😊. Thank you for all of the lessons and information that you have passed down to us. It certainly is a treasure of knowledge.
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I've only discovered your videos about a month ago, it was still mid-winter here in Aus. within three weeks after watching many of your videos I used your methods in a few of my tanks. i was working on a frog tank palladium the other night and noticed my fish had bred, they are all happy and healthy and I haven't had to feed them. I am so happy that I have found your channel and the knowledge learned from you. I wish I found this information years ago so I could look after my fish better earlier. thank you.
Am kinda confused how do I measure out the soil mixture for a 75 gollon tank.. am not good at math lol
@@skiddydiamond1085 i have multiple tanks on the go so i made more soil mix then i needed so i knew i was going to get the inch deep with leftover for another tank. if you think you have enough in the mix... go a few handfuls more to be sure.
@@skiddydiamond1085 From his formula for 10 gallons, you’d multiply everything by 7.5 (for your 75 gallons)
28 cups peat moss, 14 cups soil, 14 cups creek mud/compost, 1 and 3/4 cup supplement.
The fact they are breeding is testament to your set up, congratulations!!
Thank you for openly sharing your ratios and experience with everyone! You are helping people take much better care of their pets and giving them good lives! People like you and Serpadesign have really upped the aquarium game! Thank you again for being you! A rare breed. If I'm in MD I'll certainly stop by!
You missed me. I left Fl 2 years ago. Am now in MD.
Lookin good father fish!
loved it
Love the new look ❤️
I followed your directions to the tea, after I put it in the tank I had some mud along the sides so I took a spray bottle of water so there was alittle extra water in the mud. Then i waited an hour or 2 then i started adding 2 inches pool filter sand father fish.
Wonderful video, full of important and critical information, my dumb questions is: I have new 30 gal tank. I just triple the portions in this video when making up my dirt substrate?
I just put a bit of dirt from my backyard in, no fish yet, but so far it looks pretty good, plants are happy and everything
It should also be noted that I know exactly what has been put in the soil, ie, no fertilizers or pesticides, and a sifted out the nasty stuff.
Absolutely love the pic for your soil supplement 😂😂
Holy video quality has improved. Much much better now.
Set up my first Father Fish style natural aquarium - well been doing for a few days ordering the plants and supplement peat moss playground sand in my 60 gallon tank - my six year old grand daughter and I went on a field trip to the local lake to start our food factory going to get some fish - this just makes sense to me - thank you for the guidance?
Now this is the answer to my question
Father iyiki varsın iyiki Türkçe alt yazı uyguluyorsun seni takip eden sayısı her geçen gün artıyor .İnşallah 100 bin aboneye kısa sürede ulaşırsın .Sağlıkla kal .
Teşekkür ederim. 7 dilde altyazı yapıyoruz. İnşallah yıl sonuna kadar 100 bin aboneye ulaşacağız.
@@FatherFish Senin için Allaha sağlıklı ve uzun ömür diliyorum.
Yaklaşık 6 ay önce izlemiştim fakat bilgilerimi tazelemek için tüm önemli vidyolarını tekrar tekrar izliyorum .İyiki varsın , bilgilerin için sonsuz teşekkürler.
Hai , i like ur videos , i need suggestions for my aquarium. Can i use sea soil ?
@fatherfish how can I make this work with geophagus in my aquarium? Awesome tank, I’m a fan and thankful for your wisdom 👍🏼‼️
geos do not dig. they churn the top 1/2"
Great video as usual Father Fish! I am new on the channel and have to say you got me onboard and can't wait to try your methods. Have a question though: you always stress the importance of putting 2'' of SAND and NOT gravel on top of the deep substrate. But what is the granulation of the "sand" - is it 0.063 - 1mm like real sand or more like 1-2mm or similar? Tnx and keep on the great work!
granule size is not important. The finer the better is my experience.
What potting soil are you using there, I am having a hard time, finding something without additives, Thanks and I did just purchase your AAA supplement, can’t wait to put it all together!
Hi farther fish. Could you do a video or share your opinion on comment regarding using beach sand. I’m in the UK and was thinking of using clean sand from the dunes. Would you recommend
Thanks
Thank you Father Fish, that Video was very well presented just missing the laughing parts 😁, I guess you must be fedup of People not following instructions properly.
I am in the process of buying the 11 Ingredients to make my Substrate supplement as I am not able to order from the UK yet. I may join the discord soon to share my experience and interact more.
Thank you again and God bless you ❤
Best wishes. Look forward to chatting with you and seeing your tanks on the Father fish shoal, discord.gg/G4fkAE6qNw
I'm about to try this in a 1 and a half gallon tank.
I 've just found your very interesting channel and I really appreciate your thorough explanations and steps. Please allow me one question : What if you already have made "the mistake" of having a different set up? We (me and my daughter) put some regular soil and gravel for guppies and after an incident with cyanobacteria, removed a part of it and it's now almost 1 inch in total. Can we apply this on top of that?
add an inch of sand
Would I need a HOB filter or sponge filter if I have enough plants? 10 plats in a 20 gal long tank.
I find this extremely interesting as a plant person who mixes my own soil mixes all the time. I’m thinking you could use bagged top soil as the second part of the recipe (correct me if I’m wrong). A garden TH-camr I watch recommends a very similar recipe.
That is 25% of my mix.
Hey quick question
So i start this 'all natural' aquarium hobby from scratch - just over 2 months ago now
And
My 5 & 55 gallon tanks are clear and doing amazing 🙌
(Thanks to you and fishtory)
They are both very diverse 👍
So ❓
Am I out of the 'woods' yet ? Or am I pretty much good to go ?
Yes and yes
After a month of looking at the videos, I made the decision to rebuild all my aquariums, I love them, they are developing very well, I have only one question, the trumpet snails, can they mix the sand with the soil? Thank you Father Fish, I am extremely satisfied and delighted with the results.
Trumpet snails only dig about 1/2" into the sand.
@@FatherFish Thank you Father Fish♥️
Hey 😊
Enjoyed your videos & knowledge. I love learning more have a few questions. I had problems in the past with anaerobic bacteria with deep sand this was when I was younger it all most killed all my fish how do you do with sand with deep is it a special type as I now don’t do deep sand cause of what happened just cover the 2 plant soil substrate I mix together. I’ve never used dirt soil but hear you have to watch the fertiliser in them & the ammonia going up heaps same with compost. Mud is like dirt & sand & matter broke down hey. What would you recommend to make a supplement I’m in Australia I would want to buffer water tho all fish, shrimp & plants I have do best in acidic soft water.
Thanks look forward to hearing your thoughts 🙏
You many questions are best answered at the Father fish Shoal: discord.gg/G4fkAE6qNw
join us, please.
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Father fish thank you for your teaching the right way, I am very grateful.
Please I have one question what to do for plants in winters when the water is cold and if we don't use heater. Thanking You..
Greetings from INDIA
if you are in a warm climate it will be fine.
Father fish is the answer to the dream aquarium i wish to have. Your videos and explanations are simply brilliant. In some of your videos i see you mention that the dirt part of the substrate should be no more than 1 inch and over that, the sand should be 2 inches. Yet in some i see you mention that one can go for even a 6 inch deep dirt part with another few inches of sand. Now I have a 90 cm long by 60 cm wide by 90 cm tall tank. How deep should the dirt be so that its nutrients can last a long long time and vis a vis the depth of what you prescribe for the dirt, how much further up should the sand go?
Thank you.
Best wishes from India.
Ps: do you ship to India?
You should go to my discord for extra assistance and unfortunately I don’t ship to India. discord.gg/father-fish-shoal
I saw a local guy make a mistake when he set up his new tank. He had his plants with their roots buried deep down in the soil substrate, and guess what happened? All his plants died after two weeks. I sent this video to him, and he wished that he had seen this video earlier.
Hi father fish, your videos and tutorials are amazing, I have a question: how much does this product weights in pounds/ kg -> AAA soil substrate for 55 gallon tank.
I live abroad but I plan to purchase it so my family can bring it to Colombia when visiting. Thank you so much!
1 pound
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This video definitely answer my question I posted on another video.
Now I have another question
I currently have a 75gal with sand substrate. My plan is to drain tank water into totes, put the plants I have, driftwood in with fish and sponge filter. Then remove sand, then put dirt in tank and cap with old sand.
How long after setting up natural tank can I put all my fish back in. Some videos says add a few at a time. Can I not all of them at once since I’m using the driftwood from old tank and sponge filter?
Thanks. I cannot wait to covert my tank
take your time to be sure but you should be able to return the fish. Just do it gradually.
Thanks. I have everything ready just waiting on your supplements and your plants, which are supposed to come today
Hi Father Fish,
Can I know the measuring cup that you uses on this video is a 500ml or 1000ml cup?
That will give me a good measure as I intend to build a 10 gallon tank.
You this video match exactly the quantity of each substrate and sand as mine.
I’ve got some play sand and some coarse sand that I have no other possible use for, would either of those be okay to use?
Hello Father Fish! How long should I keep the LED light on in the day? In my tank I have easy growing plants. Thanks for the answer!
your call. I have some tanks lit 24/7
I am going to set up a 20 gallon tank using your method. I don’t have much sunlight where the tank will be. Do you have any recommendations on lights? Thank you!
I use inexpensive LED. with pretty high lumens.
Thanks FF! But I miss the beard!
¿Podria vender su suplemento en Amazon para clientes que estamos en México? o ¿de que manera lo podemos comprar?
So do I, from Spain, I want to buy a supplement but I cannot get it.
Does it matter what kind of sand it is? I imagine so long as its fine and inert it would work but I am not sure how much it matters, for example if I used a course sand would i need more to create the anaerobic layer than with finer sand? What if I wanted a very dark substrate? What would happen if one attempted a dry start with this dirt and sand mixture? Some people like to get their plants going in a high humidity environment before adding water since it can speed up coverage for things like moss and many carpeting plants. Its extremally interesting because the father fish aquariums remind me of a terrarium in the sense that they are biodiverse havens that focus heavily on the importance of the substrate, its makeup, and how its layered. The types of dirt and how they are layered can have a huge impact on a terrarium system to achieve different conditions, there has to be something similar with this style of aquarium.
I am a terrarium person first and foremost so I cant help but compare, I got into the aquarium hobby for the the plants since many aquarium plants are also great terrarium plants but there are also many obligately aquatic plants that got me really entranced as well as the various fauna.
Curiously, fine sand seems to be more effective than coarse sand.
Can this method be used for cold water fish such as White Cloud Mountain Minnows or Pearl Danios?
Hello! I will be starting the hobby and I don't really want to spend on sand substrate. Some say that beach sand is bad for freshwater planted aquarium. I need advice on what kind of sand to really use except those aquarium specific sand on the market. Thank you
ANY sand that is inert is fine. Collect beach sand high on the beach. It is rinsed by rain.
I set up a 75 gallon tank with Father Fish's method and it's doing amazing! I bought the supplements for the dirt from him, as well as the stem plants pack. I only have a few tetra and platies in it and am wanting a larger fish. I love the fantail goldfish but I'm afraid it's just going to destroy the plants. Anyone have advice on a larger, docile fish I can add to my community tank that'll add some nice personality like a goldfish?
So how did you measure the ingredients for the 75 gollon.. you already did the math.. how many cups of each.. thx I have some plants and fish in quarantine until I set up the tank
@skiddydiamond1085 for the 75 gallon, it was a total of 3 gallons of mud, split between peat moss, gard soil, and compost. I also grabbed a bit of clay from my own back yard because I don't have mud. I used the entire bag of supplements from father fish that is supposed to be for 100 gallons. Then I used 2 50lb bags of sand to get the 2 inch cap. I then added sand, rocks, sticks and leaves from my local creak to get all of the microorganisms.
@@skiddydiamond1085 compute the sq" of the base and divide by the sq" of a ten gallon It will be between 4 and 5 times the amount for a 10 (8 cups) For a 75, 8 x 4 = 32cups. 16/8/8 plus 1.5 cups supplement) For a 75 an extra 1/2" of soil mix is suitable so add 1/4 to that, bringing the total to 40 cups or a 20/10/10 + 1 cup supplement. Cap with 3-4" of sand
A good medium sized docile fish that is good for community aquariums are giant danios, I have 6 and they are full of personality, energy and fun, however if you are looking for a large docile community fish, then I highly recommend a geophagus, they are a peaceful breed of cichlids and have a sand sifting behavior, they are timid but are colorful and make excellent centerpiece fish
Hello Father Fish, I have a empty 75 gal Tank i'd like to do this with. Your recipe of 20/10/10 has me confused, is that 20 cups of Mud or Peat Moss ?, and then 10 cups of Potting Soil and 10 cups of Compost? Thanks for all the Great Videos- i am learning but still get confused at times. @@FatherFish
FF, I received the supplement today and tried out this formula. Hopefully, I've done it correctly. However, I was wondering: which type of sand do you use? Does any kind of sand work?
That is correct
tried to buy it from you site but it's only possible within usa. i live in portugal...
Hola, puedo echar la arena con el tanque ya con peces ? Es que cuando lo inicié solo pude ponerle piedrilla
Echale despacio
This men is a legend 🎉
Do u use aquarium heaters...what temp do u run at or aim to maintain
82f
When using creek mud. Do you recommend digging down 2-3 inches to get it or can it be the top layer. You also mention in a different video about using sand from a stream. Top 2 inches and 3-4 layer. Are both mud mixtures comparable? Thank you.
Not quite. The mud is deeper.
@@FatherFish thanks for the quickly reply! do you recommend one method over the other or are they both the same?
Can the left over additive from FF be saved for later? Could I freeze the leftover to use for another tank?
It is inert and will keep indefinitely.
Hey I’m wondering what your opinion is on UV sterilizer lights in canister filters was? I have a natural tank . Soil bottom capped with sand.
Why do you want to kill everything in the water?
I don’t . I needed up buying a filter with one in it. I guess that light will just stay off.
@Father Fish unfortunately i setup my aquarium before finsing your videos. I have a C02 injection setup and was wondering your thoughts on having C02 injected into the tank as it drops the PH?
If you have a deep substrate it is creating more co2 than your equipment can produce, And it is in the substrate where it is needed.
When will you be adding apple pay to your site? Or paypal?
Hello Father Fish, can I use sand from a beach? If yes, should I wash it or can put it direct to my aquarium? Thank you so much. Greetings from the Philippines ❤
Yes. Rinse if it contains salt.
I have a 10 gal tank with 75% hornwort and java fern. About 1" of aquarium sand substrate. I live on the coast of North Carolina so we do not have ponds or streams. About 15min. From the ocean. Do I need the soil substrate for my tank? Since my plants are not rooted they are floating?
Add an other inch of sand and the detritus will create a soil layer.
I set up my first (and only so far) planted tank back in January, but I didn't know about the substrate becoming acidic so I didn't add any buffers to it. My tank is acidic now, my tap water is base about 7.2, but now my aquarium is always acid. I have put about a 1/4 cup of crushed coral in on top of the sand, and I'm thinking I will add more, but I don't know if that is going to be good enough.
You need carbonates in substantial quantity to act as a buffer. Start with baking soda. A fish store with salt water supplies will have pure calcium, typically sold as Ph up.
@@FatherFish OK, thanks Father Fish. I will see if I can find the calcium, I'm sure it is sold online somewhere (I live far away from any fish supply stores).
Hey Father Fish! I noticed in your supplement package video you no longer include Osmocote. Why is that? Is it basically redundant with all the other ingredients?
Redundant, yes. And it creates imbalance in mineral conduct.
You stated that you like to start out with a sponge filter. Do you eventually remove it? If so, how long should it be used?
I typically do not remove the filter because I like the flow it creates.
Thanks!
I was looking for peat moss at a garden center recently. The only thing I saw was sphagnum moss. Is that the same thing? Thanks!
no but it is effective
Will mud from a local pond work? I have some creeks near me but they're park creeks and never seen fish in them.
yes. Always take from water with extensive life in it.
Question - Hi Father Fish, I just got your mix in. I am upgrading my aquarium to a larger one, and saving the nice healthy water in a clean bucket from the old one to use in the new one. I will put the fish (about 14 smallish ones) and plants in a small temporary tank until I get to the point that the old tank and substrate can be moved, and put the new one on my stand. Do the whole substrate / sand thing, add back the plants, run the filter awhile, and then add all the fish. Does that sound ok to you?
perfect
@@FatherFish Thanks so much for the quick reply; now to get my hands all dirty!
FF, you weren't lying about the supplements costing $250-$300. I checked from Home Depot and Amazon, so now I'm patiently waiting for my delivery from you guys. I'm going to redo my tanks with this method. Great informational video; I also loved the saltwater video you did too.
Will be doing more salt tanks. The supplement is on its way to you.
I just received it, thank you.@@FatherFish