The Secret to Creating A Micro Biome & Food Web of Diverse Microorganisms. Aquarium Ecosystem.

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  • The high quality of your stuff would be good enough, the rate that you pump out these information-dense videos is shocking. There's no doubt in my mind that this is THE aquarium channel to watch

    @diamdante@diamdante Жыл бұрын
    • Well i am honored to read this, and I work as hard as i can, trying to put 40 to 60 hours into the research, filming, outlines, editing and responding/interacting with viewers. So it means a great deal to me, to know that you can tell the difference between the large budget channels vs mine haha. Have a great weekend

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
    • Right it's internet gold for me!

      @Tipman2OOO@Tipman2OOO Жыл бұрын
    • Agreed 100%

      @MattyP650@MattyP650 Жыл бұрын
    • 💯 dude.

      @LostLeftyLimb@LostLeftyLimb Жыл бұрын
    • It's really one of the best out there 💯💗✌️👍

      @markfranklin8831@markfranklin8831 Жыл бұрын
  • Your fish are telling you they need more space. Yes I'm a fish whisperer!

    @Zenmatrixx@Zenmatrixx9 ай бұрын
    • it baffles me that you have been the only one commenting on this in the year after it's been uploaded. The fish are living in healthy water, just no too much of it.

      @sjaaakvandijk321@sjaaakvandijk321Ай бұрын
    • @@sjaaakvandijk321 probably because fish don't care about anything, so long as their basic needs are met. The fish are able to move freely and orient themselves easily, their water is perfect quality, and they're adequately fed. Some fish _do_ need lots of space to quickly swim around, but plecos and angelfish couldn't care less.

      @SissypheanCatboy@SissypheanCatboy14 күн бұрын
  • excellent review Alex. This is a fundamental piece of work.

    @FatherFish@FatherFish11 ай бұрын
    • Glad you think so too! Cheers

      @Fishtory@Fishtory11 ай бұрын
  • Brother this is why I love your channel. Right in line with how I approach tanks. I dont want a perfect tank I have to constantly maintain. I want a interesting little self running world in a box I get to observe from the outside.

    @cellardoor2197@cellardoor2197 Жыл бұрын
    • Amen. And thank you kindly

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • It makes me feel super happy to know that there are people out there that truly are progressives for this hobby. This information is so valuable and needed. Everytime I go into my LFS I feel like I need to teach them something 😂

    @arman_2215@arman_2215 Жыл бұрын
    • Lol just remember that there is no right way to keep fish....but a few wrong ways

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
    • Some major stores pay their employees to lie to make a sale.

      @RyanStonedonCanadianGaming@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming Жыл бұрын
    • I can't talk to the employees at my LFS about anything, really. A few years ago there was one guy that I could talk to. But now it's like I feel dumber after I talk to any of them.

      @nathanbrown8515@nathanbrown85159 ай бұрын
    • @@FishtoryI’ve heard someone say there’s fish keeping and then there’s fish abuse 😂😅

      @missyflutter5562@missyflutter55625 ай бұрын
  • Thank you so much for this. This gave me SO much inspiration! I feel lucky to live in Oregon, because I have tons of healthy bodies of water that I can access. I went to a local creek (a part of a local river) and collected some decaying leaves/mulm/organic matter and some water, and brought it home. I got a big rubber stock tank to make into a "pond". I recently did an overhaul on my main tank, and switched the gravel substrate to a dirted substrate. I used the old gravel to fill the bottom of the tub that sits outside. I actually tested the water from the creek out of curiosity prior to using anything I collected from it. I tested for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, kh, gh, and copper. I used some of the mulm/water I got and put it into a jar so I could observe it. So far, I've seen various species of copepods/daphnia, seed shrimp, scuds, water mites, water beetles, ramshorn snails, bladder snails, and some nematodes. I went to a local pond shop and bought a water lily (came with free frog eggs, filamentous algae, and more snails!). The shop owner was even nice enough to give me a few gallons of green water for free to put in there. Now, I have a whole miniature ecosystem in there and it's doing amazing! Sorry for the boring essay, but I'm incredibly excited about this. I'm so thankful to have gotten this project idea from you. Thank you for everything you do.

    @bl0pez772@bl0pez772 Жыл бұрын
  • I think you are the perfect example of "If you do what you love.." I smiled when you took us to your backyard because it wasn't unlike my backyard growing up, except we only had mosquito and tadpoles, and the occasional snake. I am always eager to hear what you have to share with us for the sole purpose of creating the most ideal environment for our aquatic animals. Your love of aquatic husbandry is contagious and we are lucky you aren't stingy with your talents or knowledge.

    @sugar-sammich@sugar-sammich11 ай бұрын
    • That is so kind of you to write. Thank you! Nature is my vice hehe

      @Fishtory@Fishtory11 ай бұрын
  • I love a little ecosystem I created for my cpd's tank. I started by adding moss, some aquarium plants. Then I added snail eggs and fish eggs. When my fry hatched and I started feedinf them infusoria. I bought some life daphnia to feed the adults and decided to put some in fry tank. They started breeding there. My fry grew, I probably overfed some and started noticing detrite worms. I also got a lot of daphnia. And my baby snails grew. Now my fry reached the size where they hunt for baby daphnia and small worms. I had to spend 2 days in the hospital and couldn't feed the tank. But all my fry survived and grew. 😊 Tank also looks spectacular. Full of life. Daphnia, fry, snails, copepods. Everywhere you look, something is alive and moving. I still feed infusoria, microworms and some artemia.

    @agnediciuniene9861@agnediciuniene9861 Жыл бұрын
    • 👏 amazing.

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • I really appreciate you Alex getting this out there, you and Father Fish are sharing how to have wonderfully healthy aquariums naturally 🐠

    @TheDISSHonoredOne@TheDISSHonoredOne Жыл бұрын
  • The amount of knowledge, context and understanding you bring is astounding.. I've learned so much and my tanks have never looked better.

    @Matthew-ix1sd@Matthew-ix1sd Жыл бұрын
    • This comment truly makes my week. Thank you so very much. Im honored to know the channel is of use to you. Happy fish keeping

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Took a really bad fall last night…had intended to order my tank this month. Set off every pain causing illness I have and badly bruised my hip joint, top of my head and my hands. I may not be commenting for a a while. And I will put my tank off at least a month,maybe two, depending on how I heal. Fee;ing frustrated, upset, disappointed and generally cranky. Hope you are well! Pollen count is already off the chart up here in Delaware.

    @sharonkaczorowski8690@sharonkaczorowski8690 Жыл бұрын
    • Im so sorry to read this! Hang in there... rest up and keep your chin up. Ill be here doing my thing when you're ready to get back to it. Best wishes to you

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • As a lifelong fisherman and aquarist, I wholly agree.

    @donedeal8385@donedeal83852 ай бұрын
  • Your channel and tank philosophy are right in line with mine, I’ve been keeping aquaria for 40+ years, and have tried all different ‘tech’ levels, there’s just something about the simple balanced tank with basic lighting, deep sand substrate, heavy planting, low bio load and a simple sponge filter is just so appealing and natural It’s a similar philosophy as ‘Father Fish’ but without all the unnecessary and illogical religious bullshit which has no place in an aquarium keeping channel. Yes, I know FF is a religious ‘father’ and he does overall do a good job of keeping the two subjects separate, and I appreciate that, but with your channel, I know it’s going to be just the facts on aquaria and no illogical extraneous tangents, and I appreciate that even more :)

    @MacTechG4@MacTechG46 ай бұрын
    • real talk over here - I feel the same about Father Fish. Such good pointers and teaching, mixed in with... general weird old man stuff

      @plantagominor722@plantagominor7222 ай бұрын
  • I never get tired of watching this

    @johnnybest6386@johnnybest638625 күн бұрын
  • nicely done! I heard once "never criticize someone for mispronouncing a word, because it means they read it"

    @matthewoneill6181@matthewoneill61817 ай бұрын
    • Haha love it

      @Fishtory@Fishtory7 ай бұрын
  • “Over here is Fresh Neptune (Joe Namath) rockin the shag tubs”

    @robertswain5704@robertswain5704 Жыл бұрын
    • Hahaha you caught that eh?

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • I love/hate when u make a video I have to watch like 9 times to understand lol

    @zachrohr4712@zachrohr4712 Жыл бұрын
    • Lol my bad/good?

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • When starting a new tank, I always add a bit of tank water from each of my healthy established aquariums to try and build the microbiome, so far so good!

    @tara_james-bosch@tara_james-bosch9 ай бұрын
    • Great plan! I do too!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory9 ай бұрын
    • Apparently that doesn't work I've been told

      @stevengraham8841@stevengraham88416 ай бұрын
    • @stevengraham8841 it helps most definitely. There is a bit of controversy since many people assume the bacteria... nitrosoma and nitrobactcilis only live on filter media. However, they live on any surface... and some are floating around at any given time. Something less than 5% of the nitrogen conversion bacteria is in your water collumn compared with 95% on surfaces and media. That 5% will colonize the new tank's surfaces though... and usually we wait for the bacteria to just "appear" from thin air and cycle our tanks within 4 or 5 weeks. Well even 5% of the bacteria...heck, even 1% of the bacteria, still equals millions of tiny cells...and they double every 9 to 12 hours, growing exponentially. So water from an existing, cycled tank skips a week or two of the intial bacteria colonization

      @Fishtory@Fishtory6 ай бұрын
  • Your Silky looks just like our cat Matcha 😊 My wife surprised me with a betta fish for my birthday last week....never raised a fish before but I am a total nature freak so right away all the sterile tank / fake decorations started to trigger me and also the thought of weekly water changes and adding chemicals to the tank etc. So the past week i've been traveling the interwebs from wormhole to wormhole, came to you from the Father Fish comment section and feel like I found home, thanks for doing this! Just cleaned out a 15 gallon tank, setting up a substrate, found some river plants, gonna buy some more and a handful of tank mates. Your videos have made the deeper knowledge so accessible and reassured me this is possible and inspired me with your thick ass foliage. You're a good human being! My heart thanks you!

    @evergreenpsyche@evergreenpsyche8 ай бұрын
    • Aww thank you. And thanks for caring for the nature in our world. I value father fish greatly, Lou is a friend, but we have a few disagreements, just that i think you can do things 3 or 4 "correct" ways...but i prefer the way he leans towards also. :) best of luck my friend!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory8 ай бұрын
    • @@Fishtory I understand and feel similarly, hence why your work resonates with me. FFish seems like a great guy but I dont want to be too narrow in my thinking, plus you actually explore the details and science of these natural ways of fishkeeping which is more my jive. Grateful for you both!

      @evergreenpsyche@evergreenpsyche8 ай бұрын
  • BRILLIANT! I just sat thru a college biology class by watching this thoughtful and progressive video. I left a storage tub on my deck last spring and summer. Rainwater accumulated and things started growing in there. Tree frogs were attracted to my deck for the 1st time in my 10 years in this house. So, tadpoles appeared. My chickens loved to drink out of this container (forget the fresh water bowl!) and had access to nibbling on the tadpoles. Deck biome, lol! Oddly enough, I have containers of standing water and no mosquitos here. I’m totally onboard with the balance-of-nature systems. I had an aquarium years ago and OH, you are tempting me back again! It’s a wonderful hobby. Continued good fortune with this channel,. You’ve got LOTS of great info to share!

    @joannc147@joannc1478 ай бұрын
  • I don't even have an aquarium and I really enjoy watching your material.

    @robertsteffler9184@robertsteffler9184 Жыл бұрын
    • Awww awesome! Thanks. That makes my day! Welcome

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • I dare say in the tropics you won't need to inoculate your tanks. Keep the window open year round, open enough that birds and other big prey can't enter so that the wind can transfer everything into your tank Or put the tank outside for a spell and put mesh on it with decent openings on top of it so that the smaller stuff can enter the tank and the bigger stuff can't

    @EuroGupper@EuroGupperАй бұрын
    • 100% this is correct

      @Fishtory@FishtoryАй бұрын
  • Watching now, great info. My oldest tank has been up for 10 years. It's gone through many iterations and always interesting to see its changes. Now it's got 3 Iberian crested newts, some guppies, and tons of cherry shrimp.

    @ssinssg@ssinssg Жыл бұрын
    • Whoa! What a mix of critters. Cool

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • I've kept tanks some years now, always wanted tanks like yours, but mine wont thrive. I hope I can achieve this with my tanks. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. As a microbiologist myself I was always afraid of introducing pests/diseases. Time to see the good things of these useful microbes instead of being afraid.

    @Yolaana@Yolaana Жыл бұрын
    • Its always possible, but remember our fish come from pretty gnarly little mud holes and tannic creeks, puddles and silty rivers... undoubtly to their microbiome and immunesystems, it is everyday normal stuff, where as the pet trade, fish stores and holding facilities are the super spreader, bad Pathogen havens

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
    • @@Fishtory you're totally right. Never thought about it in this way. Thank you!

      @Yolaana@Yolaana Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

    @nathanfortin8192@nathanfortin81923 ай бұрын
    • So nice of you! Thank you

      @Fishtory@Fishtory3 ай бұрын
  • "I'm just throwin something out there!" Bro, you're awesome, so intelligent and thoughtful. I'm learning so much

    @DavidMXXIV@DavidMXXIV9 ай бұрын
  • Thanks! Teacher in a highschool here and aquaryist. I've been breeding White Clouds in my classroom for a year. These tips will bring my tank to the needed next level.

    @user-wf1dp7jg9j@user-wf1dp7jg9j7 ай бұрын
    • So glad to hear it! Thats really amazing of you to do. Im sure the students love seeing the process. I highly recomend doing kribs or some dwarf cichlid with parental care too! Kids go wild for that... or guppies and mixing colors or traits with punnett square predictions as an asignment

      @Fishtory@Fishtory7 ай бұрын
  • The more i watch of your videos the more im convinced your are the best aquarium channel on YT... 💯

    @Wendigosh@Wendigosh Жыл бұрын
    • Wow, thank you!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Excellent, Alex. This is the story that must be told.

    @FatherFish@FatherFish Жыл бұрын
    • Most the folks in the comments seem to be mentioning you :) i think nature is winning out, slowly but surely. Congrats on that viral video you created last week as well! People want to / are finally ready to hear your message.

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
    • @@Fishtory We are together in this Alex. Without your input I could not be as far along. With Lucas we 3 are changing the hobby.

      @FatherFish@FatherFish Жыл бұрын
    • Well as a new sub to both of you, I'm grateful for the knowledge share..I've kept and bred turtles the past 24 yrs but only just got into aquatic plants and set my 5ft tank up again for some angels..wish I'd seen the dirted set ups before but at some point I'll break it down and redo, had to laugh when I saw your faux barrel tubs as I just bought 4 identical ones and set the first two up yesterday for some plants..much love and thanks to you both for sharing your extensive understandings, from Australia🙏 🇦🇺🦘🐨 I have 5 tanks in my loungeroom rn, 2 for giant bettas 2 for hatchlings, and the 5ft.. oh plus the outside turtle tank so in total..looking for future tanks online..I'm in the grips of MTS 😲..and loving it 😁 may I ask which channel Lucas is?

      @zeb33369@zeb33369 Жыл бұрын
  • Bro no way you just made this video, I’ve had my first fish tank for a few weeks and now have hella plants plus some shrimp yesterday and some isopods today (a few scuds came with it and some unknown little white specs I threw in the tank as well) but it’s so hard to find information about creating a proper ecosystem and what microorganisms I can get but I’m so glad I found you. My first fish tank is lining up to be a 55 gallon planted community ecosystem tank oh lord

    @lickmytoaster9550@lickmytoaster9550 Жыл бұрын
    • Sounds like youre doing it correctly! Use your logic and intuition, and keep learning about whatever interests you most about the hobby ...which will lead you to discover so much about everything else, as well. Cheers

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • This is what natural fish keeping is all about. :)

    @pkendlers@pkendlers Жыл бұрын
    • Amen

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • You are like a young Father Fish! Great content

    @AntiquatedApe@AntiquatedApe9 ай бұрын
    • Haha yeah he and i starting publicly discussing the more natural ways of keeping fish, about 4 years ago. We have about 50 to 100 old streams together on his old daily morning show :)

      @Fishtory@Fishtory8 ай бұрын
  • Thank God!!! FINALLLLLYYYY!!!! I have spent probably 20hrs over the past month looking for some sort of list... -Microorganisms, Macroorganisms, invertebrates, Crustaceans, Arthropods, Copeopods, Larvae, Insects, Etc.... That should be used to create a lasting food chain in an aquarium. I have been collecting organisms for weeks but I'm a novice and don't want an eco-crash. This is the first video or literature that even comes close!!! Thank you!!

    @TylerLarbes@TylerLarbes9 ай бұрын
    • It wont crash, but if you want to sustain the fish with insects and orgsnisms in the tank, youll need a creature that eats algae or a plants/algae as your bottom trophic level. So then the fish that eat insects or mid sized aquatic life, cant over harvest their foods...its a tall order if you want many fish, so most folks feed the fish some essential nutrients at least

      @Fishtory@Fishtory9 ай бұрын
  • Replaying back to back

    @johnnybest6386@johnnybest63864 ай бұрын
  • Super interesting title. I'm sure this video is going to blow my mind! Thanks for all your hard work putting out such awesome content. And for being THE go to for finding info on giving my critters their best life possible!! 🙏✌️

    @laurabustos6560@laurabustos6560 Жыл бұрын
    • ThanK YOU for watching, commenting and supporting what i create

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
    • @@Fishtory I just wish I was at an expendable income lvl that I could monetarily support the channel. You are literally my fish info walking encyclopedia! I appreciate your wisdom so much!!🙏

      @laurabustos6560@laurabustos6560 Жыл бұрын
  • Amazing information in this video, thank you!

    @choogiesaur@choogiesaur Жыл бұрын
  • Great work! Thank you for being an inspiration and source of information

    @dirtpathart@dirtpathart10 ай бұрын
  • Love your deep dives!

    @NantThananan@NantThananan Жыл бұрын
  • Protect this man at all costs!!! Golden information

    @mikefrost1312@mikefrost1312 Жыл бұрын
    • Haha thats very kind of you to say

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • I have been looking for an aquarium channel like this. Right on.

    @jesshouse529@jesshouse529 Жыл бұрын
    • Welcome to the channel! There are 1200+ old videos here also, and weekly new content. KZhead will not get the hint you want educational content unless you watch a few back to back every now and then...sunscribing sadly doesnt work alone these days. But i hope you enjoy anything you watch and have a great week!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • That tank is awesome. Thanks for the information.

    @TheHudsonValleyWanderer@TheHudsonValleyWanderer4 ай бұрын
  • Love this information. Ty 😊

    @karenthegoodtwin6908@karenthegoodtwin6908 Жыл бұрын
    • You are so welcome!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • ❤❤❤ I love this! Thank-you! ❤❤❤

    @andicarson1339@andicarson1339 Жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for all your information!

    @heaven7360@heaven73607 ай бұрын
    • My pleasure!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory7 ай бұрын
  • That was very informative; I wanna try this thanks

    @SamuelDelBuono-fr3oy@SamuelDelBuono-fr3oy10 ай бұрын
  • I've been doing this with water from a pond nearby. That's how I was able to source scuds. I haven't been able to get any blackworms tho. But definitely agree the more nature is in the tank the more it takes care of itself. Another great vid!

    @zim93boy@zim93boy Жыл бұрын
    • That is awesome!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
    • Same ! I'm lucky enough to live in the mountains & have all kinds of little turtle ponds and streams that flow around the property. Black worms are something I haven't been able to find wild either, but I assume I'm just missing them, theyve GOTTA be there somewhere lol

      @mikefrost1312@mikefrost1312 Жыл бұрын
    • Been sourcing scuds and water lice for about a few weeks now. Unfortunately my fish keep eating them so I'm trying to get a population going in one of my 10 gallons, I'm still hesitant to use actual pond water since I don't want leeches, hydras or flatworms. But at the same time I really want copepds, water daphina, worms etc. I do have detritus worms in my filters tho, have no clue how.

      @RaptorRockDrakeJesus@RaptorRockDrakeJesus Жыл бұрын
    • @RaptorJeSus scuds like hanging out at the water surface especially around floating plants ...and in darkness

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Great information as always sir 😊

    @jeffkane4391@jeffkane4391 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching Jeff!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you again for your valuable insight.

    @Sue.5776@Sue.5776 Жыл бұрын
    • Of course. Thanks for watching

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Wooo! ❤ been awaiting this! Thanks for another amazing video Alex! ❤️

    @melwohl37@melwohl37 Жыл бұрын
    • Glad to hear it! Thank you kindly 🙏

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • i LOVE THIS STUFF, great content, very educational!

    @patrickdijkman8974@patrickdijkman8974 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Awesome report! thank you for your work Sir

    @pauldiffenderfer@pauldiffenderfer9 ай бұрын
    • My pleasure!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory9 ай бұрын
  • So interesting ,thank you --for invaluable information.

    @adkgaladkgal1799@adkgaladkgal1799 Жыл бұрын
    • Glad it was helpful!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Great information

    @georgeballentine1045@georgeballentine1045 Жыл бұрын
    • Glad you think so!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Definitely shows you do your research. As always great content

    @caesarg88@caesarg88 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you kindly

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • I'm so glad I found your channel. Love all of the information, thank you....❤

    @sherrylynn4632@sherrylynn4632 Жыл бұрын
    • You are so welcome! Im glad you found it as well!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • I appreciate the understanding of nature you have! This is a great introduction for people to understand the aquarium hobby and world!

    @Webzcraft@Webzcraft Жыл бұрын
    • So nice of you

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Thanks man love it.

    @TheElathema@TheElathema Жыл бұрын
    • Thank YOU!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Another amazing and informative video! Thank you for sharing your methods! Ecosystem tanks are so much easier to maintain and fascinating to watch 🙂

    @lauravictoriatanks@lauravictoriatanks Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Brilliant work.

    @NeoVeritas7@NeoVeritas76 ай бұрын
    • Why thank you

      @Fishtory@Fishtory6 ай бұрын
  • Never got bored watching your videos, Alex 😊 By the way, both my tanks… the betta tank, the tank with Tiger Barbs and Cory Cats… are jungles now 😅 Red root floaters covering the top 🥰 So… I am now in the process of creating another water world… third tank 😊 Thank you, thank you, thank you soooo much 🙏🙏🙏😊😊😊

    @judybasco983@judybasco983 Жыл бұрын
  • Again a super interesting video. Thank u

    @Maxdeexx@Maxdeexx Жыл бұрын
    • Glad you enjoyed it

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • I've recently just got back into having a tank and have never done much of a planted tank before as I used to have axolotls. I've been researching loads and I love your videos! So informative and you're really encouraging my new fixation 😅 this video in particular is exactly what I've been looking for. Thank you so much for the amount of work and detail you put into these videos.

    @chloewindebank6059@chloewindebank6059 Жыл бұрын
    • No worries 👍 enjoy the "got to catch em all" phase of the hobby haha :)

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • This is my goal, but... Only for nano fish. Seeing those angels barely move confirmed I'll keep my over planting tanks to my nano

    @shibibi1@shibibi1Ай бұрын
    • The angels always have a "donut" to swim laps under the plants like a cave shaped like a "c"... but the front plants were way too tall here because I had been traveling a month

      @Fishtory@FishtoryАй бұрын
  • Wow love this. Discovering a new world of fish and planted tanks. Wish I saw it 8 months when i started. Ive got into microbiome of the human gut recently as i suffer from IBS and a few intolerances. Natural is definitely thecway forward

    @darylcavanagh3977@darylcavanagh397710 ай бұрын
    • I hope you feel better soon!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory10 ай бұрын
  • Thank you so much, this video is greatly informative and inspiring. For me it's the missing link in the road to real ecosystem aquarium.

    @michelschram1555@michelschram15558 ай бұрын
  • this was a very informative video and opened up my eyes to a different way of keeping an aquarium!

    @Peter-rf7xv@Peter-rf7xv6 ай бұрын
    • Glad to hear it. 🙏 thanks for stopping by :)

      @Fishtory@Fishtory6 ай бұрын
  • Great information in this video.

    @ryanschroeder8263@ryanschroeder82634 ай бұрын
    • Glad you think so!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory4 ай бұрын
  • Hey bro, really cool. We need to promote natural sustainability in this hobby

    @ethicallygreen@ethicallygreen Жыл бұрын
    • Definitely. Thank you

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Nice! Crazy how you got sticklebacks in there too.

    @Kday-tm8dj@Kday-tm8dj Жыл бұрын
    • They had babies in the tub i guess haha

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Love this Alex!! always the best of the best my friend....❤🥰

    @marypaigeflynn4512@marypaigeflynn4512 Жыл бұрын
    • Aww thank you Mary Paige! I miss you and hope life is treating you right.

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Another amazing video👏👏

    @brute93@brute93 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you so much 😀

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Yet another incredible video as usual. Great stuff man. I came to this way of tank keeping partly out of laziness and partly through a life long deep understanding of nature and ecosystems. I appreciate you providing the scientific details to back it up. Love your stuff man. I have been meaning to reach out. I have had some of the most incredible excursions into my local parks recently all thanks to you and a few of your videos. Made some life long memories and I can not thank you enough for the inspiration you’ve given me since I’ve found your channel. I have some pictures and videos I’d love to share. Is there a discord or something?

    @LostLeftyLimb@LostLeftyLimb Жыл бұрын
    • No discord yet, but facebook and email i can share it with on livestreams alexanderjwilliamson@gmail.com... but thank you for writing! Im so glad you enjoy the channel and enjoy getting out in nature and getting that magic inspiration and relaxation from the earth! Welcome also!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • I love this! ❤ I have followed father fish and he preaches this kinds of biodiversity with dirted tanks. I want to try this next with a nano/Pico planted setup with just shrimp

    @megyockey5730@megyockey5730 Жыл бұрын
    • Go for it! And tell Lou I say" hello friend!"

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • certainly important for an aquatic ecosystem. grab a jar of muddy water from a pond, river, lake or stream and leave it for a month. the life inside will be mindblowing

    @amazingaquaticsandexotics3030@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 Жыл бұрын
  • Wow! Excellent!❤❤❤

    @suewestby824@suewestby824 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you! Cheers!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Alex i am addicted to your contents❤

    @johnnybest6386@johnnybest6386Ай бұрын
    • I'll allow it. Haha thanks Johnny

      @Fishtory@Fishtory29 күн бұрын
  • this video has been an amazing one and has helped me so much

    @emberframe6994@emberframe6994 Жыл бұрын
    • So glad to hear it!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Watching father fish made the algorithm bless me with your channel, thanks so mucho for this information packed video, you got a new sub :D

    @itzame2127@itzame21278 ай бұрын
    • Welcome aboard! :) and thanks to Lou haha 😄

      @Fishtory@Fishtory8 ай бұрын
  • Dude! What a cool video!!

    @mstevens6723@mstevens672311 ай бұрын
  • Wow, you are like the secret protege/prince/son of father fish

    @nathanielreichert4638@nathanielreichert4638 Жыл бұрын
    • Lol yeah i started youtube about 3 years prior to him, but hes been preaching the same methods for a few decades, so when i met him and he started up a channel, it was like fate. For a year or so we were both on one another's channels a whole lot.

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Dude keep on making these videos, someday maybe I'll understand everything you're saying! Going to have to call you the professor man.

    @unifiedvision999@unifiedvision9998 ай бұрын
    • Hahaha i dont know about all that. But im glad its informational

      @Fishtory@Fishtory8 ай бұрын
  • Great information especially in the final outside section of the video

    @jessejakubiak1837@jessejakubiak1837 Жыл бұрын
    • Glad you liked it

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • If you have insectivore fish as I do it certainly doesn't hurt to farm the mosquito larvae. I would just go out with a net and scoop them into a jar full of aquarium water and use a pipette to feed them to my Betta, CPDs, and panda corys. Watching them hunt their food is so satisfying. If you never let them get to the stage of hatching out it reduces the mosquito population because they would otherwise successfully lay their eggs elsewhere. It does demand daily attention though or the mosquitos will win out. It never occurred to me to also harvest the algae and microfauna as well so great video.

    @blueshirtification@blueshirtification Жыл бұрын
    • I do that very same thing...but didnt want to advocate it for everyone...i have a whole fish room and can feed 10 or 20 to each tank and know nothing will ever mature. Great point though!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
    • @@Fishtory so that is how you deal with the mosquito larvae that show up in the tubs?

      @jonisolis9645@jonisolis964510 ай бұрын
  • Thanks!

    @steveherje4025@steveherje40257 ай бұрын
    • Hey there. Thank you so kindly. It is very appreciated, never expected at all. But thank you. Have a great finish to the week!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory7 ай бұрын
  • This has really filled in the gaps on my knowledge. I was about to start a new tank this month and was ordering supplies. this has certainly helped give a different untalked about perspective. too many people have these spotless tanks terrified of algae. I want natural

    @billsmith1998@billsmith1998 Жыл бұрын
    • I agree

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Dude!!!! Y👌👋ou are on the right path, inspiring and thankyou

    @craigbeck8979@craigbeck8979 Жыл бұрын
    • It is an honor. Best wishes!

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Great video

    @bobseehafer5414@bobseehafer5414 Жыл бұрын
  • How do you deal with mosquitos? Would your method work if I put a screen on top of these outdoor buckets (to prevent mosquitos laying eggs in it)?

    @kngharv@kngharv Жыл бұрын
  • Amazing, always to the point delevering a world of deep information. Thank you for your research and sharing. Also I would like to propose you to teach us how and where to do our own research, and maybe share what you read with us to allow us to go even deeper.

    @edentank@edentank Жыл бұрын
    • Ill leave this right here for now... kzhead.info/sun/pbSmorqDf2ppo3k/bejne.html Also scroll back on the community tab. Members see more, but theres still lots there

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Love this 😀 I'm a big fan of this style of tanks I been doing this for years 😅

    @relicturtle7373@relicturtle7373 Жыл бұрын
    • :D

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely brilliantly explained. Thank you. I’m in Scotland. And just thinking with the energy crisis. I need a simpler more natural aquarium

    @gordonissocoollike@gordonissocoollike9 ай бұрын
  • Silky is so sweet!

    @katiea545@katiea545 Жыл бұрын
  • Commenting for algorithm! This is one of the best "organic" fish keeping channels I've encountered. I just came into the fish world with 2 fry texas shiners and a tadpole 😂😂 i want to keep their environment as close to natural and functional as possible and the information gained here is worth its weight in gold, frfr. Thanks so much!

    @volcanixworxSadie@volcanixworxSadie11 ай бұрын
    • Welcome aboard! And thank you

      @Fishtory@Fishtory11 ай бұрын
  • Interesting I have a tone of bucket in my yard I’m going to do this thank you

    @morningmorning4479@morningmorning44793 ай бұрын
  • Great video!

    @patrickhamel2756@patrickhamel2756 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you kindly

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for hitting on my favorite part of having a tank!

    @goblinhammer8335@goblinhammer8335 Жыл бұрын
    • Meee too

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Nice job Alex👍🙂

    @johnanders8221@johnanders8221 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you kindly

      @Fishtory@Fishtory Жыл бұрын
  • Wow that's great for a natural aquarium

    @animablo@animablo6 ай бұрын
    • Thank you

      @Fishtory@Fishtory6 ай бұрын
  • Setting up another 10g and hoping to get a deep substrate, dirty, and really push a living environment. Thanks for your work. Always earning those upward thumbs!

    @severedvibrations1211@severedvibrations12119 ай бұрын
    • Good luck! And thank you

      @Fishtory@Fishtory9 ай бұрын
  • so beautiful

    @carmie2431@carmie2431Ай бұрын
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