Great Ponds! I stared with and now I have 5 here in Fukuoka. I make random videos about it from time to time! I also found a place to source wild Parrots Feather. I have some in my most recent setup! Awesome stuff!
Very happy to see your mini ponds ,add some rice fishes in your aquarium we have seen in the top view itself so we would like to see them in your planted nano tanks hope you add them !! 😍😍😍
I got inspired to make a mini ricefish pond from your videos. The breeder I bought them from (in the Netherlands) said all his clients mentioned your videos as the reason they wanted to keep ricefish.
ur name sounds indian! this may sound dumb but did you get them to ship to india? i know probably not since it'll be expensive with the shipping and all but i want to ask anyway lol
@@volatilemirror750 An Indian name for sure, though I live in the Netherlands now. It was difficult to come by ricefish here too, I only found one person who breeds them for fun.
Not gonna lie that’s my favorite TH-cam comment ever. I also got inspired to keep rice fish from Ryo such a testament to your videos bud! Keep up the good work.
I started a ricefish pond last spring and I really enjoy keeping them. I want to get a second one going this season. Thank you for the inspiration Ryo.
My cat always go to my medaka mini pond to drink fish soup. I just can’t stop her from doing that. Pretty sure I’ve lost some dumb fish who don’t hide.
Cool video. I currently breeding some medaka indoor in Malaysia and I have a question about the oily surface on top of the patio, may I know how to fix that other than using a surface skimmer or tool? I more want to know did your pond have that biofilm on top of the water surface? Thanks a lot.
It might be helpful in reducing the oil if setting up with a filter pump or changing the pellets... Btw, nice to meet u too, I also currently keeping some medaka in Malaysia too hehe😁
I am so jealous. I can’t find medaka here locally. Im going to have to order them. I would love to do a set up like this. Just some containers filled with rice fish. Do you want to ship me some. 😆
Hello Ryo .. I live in Holland.. medaka fish are hard to come by .. but I managed I have a big 500L pound with Medaka's now .. all thanks to your videos about Medaka's .. thank you!
I think your channel was the first time I saw medaka and I’ve been enamored since! I’ve been keeping red cap medaka for a while now and recently got some tricolors! My balcony space is going to be full of medaka soon haha.
We get most of the algae growth during the spring. We take it out by hand. It’s usually only the string algae type so it’s easy to remove. A little bit of algae won’t do any harm
Everything you grow is beautiful! You are lucky there aren't predators. In the US raccoons and skunks would eat these. For some reason it is almost impossible for find Medaka in the US. The only place I've seen them is Cory's store Aquarium Co-op. They were white. Beautiful video!
My rice fish all died within a few days of getting them :( I got some cheap himedaka and that might have been why? They were in a normal tank and maybe just aren't meant for outdoors. They were like 45 yen a piece I think so I less than $.50. My plants got some fertilizer and I was sad :( I still have the pond and the typhoon that's currently blowing over us here in Okinawa is wrecking the plants!
I love these rice fish ponds! You inspired me to make my own this spring and it is thriving. Unable to get the rice fish, so I have rosy minnows with water lettuce floating and other tall plants in and around my 18 inch tall and 16 inch wide pot. I am not sure if I will leave them out over winter because it will freeze on top. Do you feed them in the winter when there is no ice on top?
How have your rosy minnows been doing? I have some in my aquarium indoors, but would love to put some in my patio pond outside. I'm in North Texas, and worried about how they would handle our hot summers and our winters with a few super cold days/nights.
Your videos inspired me to make a rice fish pond on my front porch. I have miyuki rice fish in there. Visitors love it and I love the fish so much that I'm planning on getting more varieties and breeding them!
I'm pretty sure I have the white ones (they are also sort of pink), but they were sold as 'galaxy' to me. Is there a certain naming scheme in Japan, or is it just as chaotic as it seems to be in the west?
Love seeing videos about Ricefish. I just put some in my tub pond here in the USA. They're so beautiful. Looking forward to any videos you do on them. 😊
I always enjoy your ricefish videos, you give lots of great info and your enthusiasm inspired me to set up a pond on my deck for ricefish. Unfortunately, raccoons wrecked it, so I made a mini-pond on my screened-in porch and moved some of the fish there for safekeeping. I've got lots of fish breeding in both ponds now :) I'd love to find the ceramic pots you have but they're hard to find here in the USA.
Raccoons killed several rice fish in my tub pond last year. This year I build a sturdy mesh top. So far it has thwarted 3 raccoon raids! Good luck with yours!
@@ReneesZooTube yea, may try that next year, have lots of emersed plant growth and wanted to salvage that aspect of the pond. They pulled up and knocked around all my plants and planters, so didn't make the best bet I guess. Still like the pond, more naturalistic now with a huge Hyptis lorentziana growing out and over my deck.
@@charlesrosenberg77 I decided to go for floating plants this year. I figured they're fast growing and I can see them. If the critters get a bunch of them, hopefully they'd recover quickly due to their fast growth. And top mesh doesn't mess with floating plants. 😊
I’m not sure haha. I honestly haven’t done anything to it. I’ve had it for just over a year now. It died back during the winter but now it’s just gone wild
YAY!! I LOVE THIS VIDEO! I will be trying to do another rice fish pond soon. I cannot wait. ALSO - I THINK I see a hint about your Epic Fish Room wall colors... VERY, VERY NICE, My Friend. Thank you so much!
What?! I have a hint away? Could it have been from the stain on my shirt or crocs?? 🤣 if it’s the green stain on my Kamp kenan shirt, that stain was from last year. I haven’t painted the walls yet though. I’ve only managed to paint the metal pillars and the ceiling
@@RyoWatanabee HAHHAHAHHAHAHA! Hee heehhheeee.. Yes it was the green stain on your shirt. I thought, "oh boy! He went with the green! Yay!" I am hoping you choose green pillars and white walls. Fingers crossed. It's going to look SOOOO good. Also, yes we would LOVE to see other rice fish ponds at friend's places. it helps us in other countries because we are trying to bring it to our own homes. AND its like a little travelogue. Seeing homes and yards in Japan is beautiful and inspiring. Such a great video. Thank you!
Seriously saw your video fell In love and order 20 eggs of tri color f’3 can’t wait to begin this adventure. You are seriously awesome, videos are amazing Appreciate your hard work
Not sure why, but rice fish are sort of hard to find in the United States. Expensive to order online. :( I wonder if white clouds would do well in outside pots?
White Clouds are an excellent alternative to Ricefish if you have a hard time finding Ricefish. I adore having the Gold White Clouds outside in tub ponds. So easy to see, active, hardy. I've got both, plus Guppies and Platies, out in my tub pond this year. 😊
@@ReneesZooTube Do you bring them inside during the winter? I'm in southern US and it freezes a couple times each winter. Tub would ice over but not freeze solid.
@@---nw9qu I live in Southern California, so basically no freezing. So my White Clouds and Ricefish stay out year round. The Guppies and Platies need to come in in the Fall. I've heard of people leaving White Clouds and Ricefish out during the winter and they do fine even with icing over. Just try to make sure a hole is left for oxygen exchange. I personally follow the koi/goldfish pond feeding recommendations of no feeding once the water is 55°F or below.
Your videos helped me get interested in medaka. Seeing those gorgeous yet tiny ceramic ponds full of healthy fish, seeing them so well-cared for, is really pleasing. I have my first five medaka from eggs I bought last year. Like most people I'm dying to get some of the koi types for a little pond outside but they are just too expensive as yet. Thanks.
Hey Ryo. You've definitely inspired me to set up my own Rice Fish pond. Now I have 3, lol. The largest one the fish share with dwarf cherry red shrimp. Loving It. Thanks for the awesome videos. What is the name of the plants you spoke of at the 8:50 mark in this video?
Hello may i ask if do you change the water in the pond? We have a medaka In a small aquarium my husband puts a lot of weeds and After two days some of them died and the following day another died we decided to remove all the weeds because only then we thought maybe they dont like weeds, fortunately the few survives they are now very healthy what we do is we change the water in aquarium once a week and feed them, and just recently we bought a water hyacinth and place them inside the aquarium. New subscriber here i want to learn on how is the proper care for medaka.
I prefer breeding outdoor using styrofoam box, many of the breeders use styrofoam box or rectangular plastic container its good for any kind of weather the heat or cold doesnt stuck unlike cement pond
Hi Ryo! I discovered you and ricefish at the beginning of the epidemic. Now I have beautiful pots in my garden. Your rice fish videos are my favorites because we get to see just regular life. Thank you for inviting us along.
I like your medaka videos the most, very unique information! I know the domestication of these fishes has great history. I always wonder what people were feeding these fishes in the past, before modern granule fish food? If you need to feed them something from the kitchen, what that would be?
Hi Ryo! Just found your channel and loving the content. Just wondering, what happen to those Rice Fish during winter? Do they hibernate? Do you have to put a pond heater? I want to set up a patio pond at my tiny house but we are approaching winter in few months so I'm just wondering if it is still okay to put fish in the pond?
Been getting a lot of requests for Rice fish videos. Here’s a tour of what we have at home :)
They seem expensive here in the UK.
Great Ponds! I stared with and now I have 5 here in Fukuoka.
I make random videos about it from time to time!
I also found a place to source wild Parrots Feather. I have some in my most recent setup! Awesome stuff!
Very happy to see your mini ponds ,add some rice fishes in your aquarium we have seen in the top view itself so we would like to see them in your planted nano tanks hope you add them !! 😍😍😍
how large or small can these ponds be?
I got inspired to make a mini ricefish pond from your videos. The breeder I bought them from (in the Netherlands) said all his clients mentioned your videos as the reason they wanted to keep ricefish.
ur name sounds indian! this may sound dumb but did you get them to ship to india? i know probably not since it'll be expensive with the shipping and all but i want to ask anyway lol
@@volatilemirror750 An Indian name for sure, though I live in the Netherlands now. It was difficult to come by ricefish here too, I only found one person who breeds them for fun.
@@theramrod89 ahh that’s cool. thanks for telling me ^
Not gonna lie that’s my favorite TH-cam comment ever. I also got inspired to keep rice fish from Ryo such a testament to your videos bud! Keep up the good work.
I'm in Canada and got the idea for ricefish from him too
The birds and cats don't have proper slippers, that's why your fish are safe from them. Nice video, thanks.
I started a ricefish pond last spring and I really enjoy keeping them. I want to get a second one going this season. Thank you for the inspiration Ryo.
Thank you Pete!
My cat always go to my medaka mini pond to drink fish soup. I just can’t stop her from doing that. Pretty sure I’ve lost some dumb fish who don’t hide.
What type of bowls are you using? Ceramic, terracotta, plastic? What's safer for rice fish?
Do you guys have native species of dragonfly/damselfly/other predatory aquatic insects there?
Well done ryo
love your videos
i learn alott from you.
Keep up the good work
in th UK we love you...👍
Nice video bro watching from India
Do you like to visit Sri Lanka you can come our home
Cool video. I currently breeding some medaka indoor in Malaysia and I have a question about the oily surface on top of the patio, may I know how to fix that other than using a surface skimmer or tool? I more want to know did your pond have that biofilm on top of the water surface? Thanks a lot.
It might be helpful in reducing the oil if setting up with a filter pump or changing the pellets... Btw, nice to meet u too, I also currently keeping some medaka in Malaysia too hehe😁
I am so jealous. I can’t find medaka here locally. Im going to have to order them. I would love to do a set up like this. Just some containers filled with rice fish.
Do you want to ship me some. 😆
Hello Ryo .. I live in Holland.. medaka fish are hard to come by .. but I managed I have a big 500L pound with Medaka's now .. all thanks to your videos about Medaka's .. thank you!
These fish are awesome.
What temperatures do medaka tolerate, I have winters that can get as low as 1C , I keep goldfish in a tank outside.
Same. How would Ricefish live in the wild in Japan? They have to tolerate the coldest temps which get below freezing
Ricefish ponds were the thing that introduced me to your channel, so I always enjoy the pond related videos.
I think your channel was the first time I saw medaka and I’ve been enamored since! I’ve been keeping red cap medaka for a while now and recently got some tricolors! My balcony space is going to be full of medaka soon haha.
Awesome video! I have only one question, what do you do with the algae?
We get most of the algae growth during the spring. We take it out by hand. It’s usually only the string algae type so it’s easy to remove. A little bit of algae won’t do any harm
Been seeing more and more American websites carrying rice fish. Hoping to get a few for my patio garden soon!
Everything you grow is beautiful! You are lucky there aren't predators. In the US raccoons and skunks would eat these. For some reason it is almost impossible for find Medaka in the US. The only place I've seen them is Cory's store Aquarium Co-op. They were white. Beautiful video!
My rice fish all died within a few days of getting them :( I got some cheap himedaka and that might have been why? They were in a normal tank and maybe just aren't meant for outdoors. They were like 45 yen a piece I think so I less than $.50. My plants got some fertilizer and I was sad :( I still have the pond and the typhoon that's currently blowing over us here in Okinawa is wrecking the plants!
I love these rice fish ponds! You inspired me to make my own this spring and it is thriving. Unable to get the rice fish, so I have rosy minnows with water lettuce floating and other tall plants in and around my 18 inch tall and 16 inch wide pot. I am not sure if I will leave them out over winter because it will freeze on top. Do you feed them in the winter when there is no ice on top?
How have your rosy minnows been doing? I have some in my aquarium indoors, but would love to put some in my patio pond outside. I'm in North Texas, and worried about how they would handle our hot summers and our winters with a few super cold days/nights.
Can I send you some money to pay for your own slippers?
Thanks for the Medaka tour!
I've been waiting 😊
1 question does Youkihi translate to anything or is that a just a name?
Your videos inspired me to make a rice fish pond on my front porch. I have miyuki rice fish in there. Visitors love it and I love the fish so much that I'm planning on getting more varieties and breeding them!
Nice video🤳🤩🇩🇰🦐
I'm pretty sure I have the white ones (they are also sort of pink), but they were sold as 'galaxy' to me. Is there a certain naming scheme in Japan, or is it just as chaotic as it seems to be in the west?
Hi.. Does tetra fish or danio survive if put in that pond?
Can, but it would be better if adding with a filter pump
@@shanfeng6644 thanks!!
Amazing! I would be tempted to put a solar fountain in the .it's shallow ones for oxygen but they all seem very happy ,Thank you ☺ 🇬🇧
Wonderful video. Loving the update on the rice fish mini ponds.
Oo. I just notice your white rice fish have blue eyes. Very nice. You made good video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
SHRIMP 🦐 TANK VIDEO
I like the way you scale things with your little hands... 😂❤
dude whats your fishtank budget
Always interesting video, watching from Canada 🌿
Great video as always Ryo 🥰❤️Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you!
🌻🌻👍🏻👍🏿🌻🌻
Wow so beautiful garden🌱🌱🌺🌺🙏🙏 🤝🤝
Hey Ryo! do you do water changes on these? or do the plants keep the water "clean" enough?
We mostly just top up. Maybe a water change once every 6 months if too much hair algae grows during the spring
Im in Aus and from watching your rice fish videos I've now had some medaka for a couple months now keep up the videos
Hi Ryo I'm from Algeria and I'm planning to start a rice fish breeding project the question is do they breed in aquariums?
Yes they do but most rice fish breeders in Japan prefer pressing them outdoors in mini ponds/containers
Will Petsmart minnows survive in a 7 gallon unglazed high-fired stoneware mini pond?
Love the underwater view! very cool.
Paul cuffaro 2.0 existing in Japan ,,,,,a Japanese version of pc
I love the ricefish that are shiny on top!
Very nice Eco-, system for those lovely rice fish. I have never seen a koi version.
They look amazing! Should be very proud
Thanks Blake :)
Love seeing videos about Ricefish. I just put some in my tub pond here in the USA. They're so beautiful. Looking forward to any videos you do on them. 😊
Finally
Can rice fish be okay with just 2-3 hours of direct sun and the rest bright indirect light?
I got my blues too! They glow. Thanks to you I'm obsessed. This old guy is like a kid again
Your mini pond was soooo Beautiful!!❤️ Especially for the pot with the water hyacinth and the water lily😍
Are you keeping them all in shade? Or do you allow Sun to hit the surface. Thank you:)
They all get some sort of shade whether it’s with floating plants or the roof above them
Amazing video brother dont give up,big fan from INDIA 🇮🇳❤️
How does even work without a filter and an oxygen pump besides the plants
I always enjoy your ricefish videos, you give lots of great info and your enthusiasm inspired me to set up a pond on my deck for ricefish. Unfortunately, raccoons wrecked it, so I made a mini-pond on my screened-in porch and moved some of the fish there for safekeeping. I've got lots of fish breeding in both ponds now :) I'd love to find the ceramic pots you have but they're hard to find here in the USA.
Raccoons killed several rice fish in my tub pond last year. This year I build a sturdy mesh top. So far it has thwarted 3 raccoon raids! Good luck with yours!
@@ReneesZooTube yea, may try that next year, have lots of emersed plant growth and wanted to salvage that aspect of the pond. They pulled up and knocked around all my plants and planters, so didn't make the best bet I guess. Still like the pond, more naturalistic now with a huge Hyptis lorentziana growing out and over my deck.
@@charlesrosenberg77 I decided to go for floating plants this year. I figured they're fast growing and I can see them. If the critters get a bunch of them, hopefully they'd recover quickly due to their fast growth. And top mesh doesn't mess with floating plants. 😊
Where are you located? What plant zone? Thanks.
Were you born in the west? Your English is freaking excellent.
My ricefish stopped breeding and I dont know why
This was exactly the video I wanted
Can you advise me on how to reduce/avoid algae/greenish water condition in mini pond?
Lots of floating plants and water change frequently until algae growth slows down
@@RyoWatanabee how frequent should i change the water? once a week? how much of the water should be changed? 50%?
Hello!
What is the plant in the pond at 13 mins into the video?
Thanks 😊
I got some idea from you to set up mini pond with aquatic plant in my surrounding
Hey how could we stop emersed plants setups from having mosquito larve and what are good for fertilizing emersed plants
Put Fish in you'll get solution for those problems
Love the mini ponds they look great what do you do with the plants in winter
The plants die back during the winter
I absolutely loved this video.
Do medaka need light to survive?
How do you make your hydrocotyle verticalata grow so bushy ?
I’m not sure haha. I honestly haven’t done anything to it. I’ve had it for just over a year now. It died back during the winter but now it’s just gone wild
I live in the United States and rice fish cost $10 a fish. It is so sad.
Do the parents eat the baby rice fish
Small garden looks like a dang gone jungle.
I started one of these about a month ago, still hoping for some babies :D
8:42 (Parrots Feather): what a cool plant, I need some!
Parrots feather is an awesome plant! Hope its your pond is going well.
Do I need an oxygenator for these fish?
In Hawaii slipa bro where are my slipa brah
YAY!! I LOVE THIS VIDEO! I will be trying to do another rice fish pond soon. I cannot wait. ALSO - I THINK I see a hint about your Epic Fish Room wall colors... VERY, VERY NICE, My Friend. Thank you so much!
What?! I have a hint away? Could it have been from the stain on my shirt or crocs?? 🤣 if it’s the green stain on my Kamp kenan shirt, that stain was from last year. I haven’t painted the walls yet though. I’ve only managed to paint the metal pillars and the ceiling
@@RyoWatanabee HAHHAHAHHAHAHA! Hee heehhheeee.. Yes it was the green stain on your shirt. I thought, "oh boy! He went with the green! Yay!" I am hoping you choose green pillars and white walls. Fingers crossed. It's going to look SOOOO good. Also, yes we would LOVE to see other rice fish ponds at friend's places. it helps us in other countries because we are trying to bring it to our own homes. AND its like a little travelogue. Seeing homes and yards in Japan is beautiful and inspiring. Such a great video. Thank you!
Ryo, how can we get some of those pots?
Ryo how do you get them to breed
Aweasome 👍
So cool!!
🔥🔥🔥
Can u do a vid on bettas
👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
babies !
i can't wait to keep rice fish again! looking great ryo!
Thank you! 😊
How cold does it get on average during winter time where you live? Asking to determine if I need to move the pond indoor during winter time.
Average Low temp of 0C°
Thanks for sharing, young man! Good to know some fish keeping preferences in the cultural perspective of a regular japanese family.
Seriously saw your video fell In love and order 20 eggs of tri color f’3 can’t wait to begin this adventure. You are seriously awesome, videos are amazing
Appreciate your hard work
What do you feed the tiny babies? Your videos have me obsessed with mini ponds, and rice fish are so pretty from above! Do frogs get in there?
I have the same setup but my water Hyacinth keeps dying... still trying hard to find the reason.
Enjoyed your tour,thank ypu
Thank you 🙏
Thank you for your videos! I’m setting up my own mini-pond soon! 🐟
Not sure why, but rice fish are sort of hard to find in the United States. Expensive to order online. :( I wonder if white clouds would do well in outside pots?
Yup, white clouds are a great alternative. I’ve been meaning to try white clouds outdoors
White Clouds are an excellent alternative to Ricefish if you have a hard time finding Ricefish. I adore having the Gold White Clouds outside in tub ponds. So easy to see, active, hardy. I've got both, plus Guppies and Platies, out in my tub pond this year. 😊
@@ReneesZooTube Do you bring them inside during the winter? I'm in southern US and it freezes a couple times each winter. Tub would ice over but not freeze solid.
@@---nw9qu I live in Southern California, so basically no freezing. So my White Clouds and Ricefish stay out year round. The Guppies and Platies need to come in in the Fall. I've heard of people leaving White Clouds and Ricefish out during the winter and they do fine even with icing over. Just try to make sure a hole is left for oxygen exchange. I personally follow the koi/goldfish pond feeding recommendations of no feeding once the water is 55°F or below.
Your videos helped me get interested in medaka. Seeing those gorgeous yet tiny ceramic ponds full of healthy fish, seeing them so well-cared for, is really pleasing. I have my first five medaka from eggs I bought last year. Like most people I'm dying to get some of the koi types for a little pond outside but they are just too expensive as yet. Thanks.
Hey Ryo. You've definitely inspired me to set up my own Rice Fish pond. Now I have 3, lol. The largest one the fish share with dwarf cherry red shrimp. Loving It. Thanks for the awesome videos. What is the name of the plants you spoke of at the 8:50 mark in this video?
Hello may i ask if do you change the water in the pond?
We have a medaka In a small aquarium my husband puts a lot of weeds and After two days some of them died and the following day another died we decided to remove all the weeds because only then we thought maybe they dont like weeds, fortunately the few survives they are now very healthy what we do is we change the water in aquarium once a week and feed them, and just recently we bought a water hyacinth and place them inside the aquarium.
New subscriber here i want to learn on how is the proper care for medaka.
I prefer breeding outdoor using styrofoam box, many of the breeders use styrofoam box or rectangular plastic container its good for any kind of weather the heat or cold doesnt stuck unlike cement pond
Hi Ryo! I discovered you and ricefish at the beginning of the epidemic. Now I have beautiful pots in my garden. Your rice fish videos are my favorites because we get to see just regular life. Thank you for inviting us along.
I like your medaka videos the most, very unique information!
I know the domestication of these fishes has great history. I always wonder what people were feeding these fishes in the past, before modern granule fish food? If you need to feed them something from the kitchen, what that would be?
Hi Ryo! Just found your channel and loving the content. Just wondering, what happen to those Rice Fish during winter? Do they hibernate? Do you have to put a pond heater? I want to set up a patio pond at my tiny house but we are approaching winter in few months so I'm just wondering if it is still okay to put fish in the pond?
I just moved to an apartment with a patio, definitely gonna make a rice fish pond