E1S1. Aquarium Support: Answering This Week's Fishiest Questions! Planted Tanks & Treating illness.
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Hey, absolutely love the video. Continue staying positive. Don’t let those negative comments pull you down. I know that they could probably be real painful to read, but just remember there’s a lot of people on here that really love you. I’m a professional therapist and a lot of times I wear T-shirts in fact, I’m heading into my office right now for a session. I’m wearing blue jeans, tennis shoes, and a plain gray T-shirt be yourself and as the band victims family says the “clothes makes a man what a charming young fool”
Haha 😄 I love that. Honestly I used to wear tie dye and handmade clothing for the reason that I think some people feel more comfortable having the "upper hand" in appearance. I suppose it disarms people to get ready to learn or get to the point in informal situations. Thank you for your kind words and thoughtful response 🙏
You’re the best Alex. Don’t listen to those negative nasty people who say bad things about you because that’s just them reflecting how they feel about themselves. you’re super genius. You rock. You’re super cool.
Aww you're far too kind. Most of it, I laugh it off
I appreciate your input SO MUCH! People who make negative comments are just sad and feel that people are judging them. They can only make comments that are already in their thoughts. It’s NOT about YOU! It’s about them! Much love, my friend!❤
Thanks for your great attitude toward the haters. We appreciate who you are!
Most people, I included, don't understand the youtube algorithm, until you just explained it and what we can do to support your channel. I'm fed up with the AI, so much so, that I created another profile just so I can manage MY OWN feed and home screen vs.. the AI spam flooding only ONE content/channel. Toggling between accounts is much easier than trying to fix my "history" so my future viewing isn't ruined.
That's a smart idea! I need to do the same. Sadly the channel is locked in- so to speak
The fish whisperer. Always good to see a master of their passion 👏🏻 Bravo
Very kind of you to say. I enjoy it very much indeed
Love these question/answer sessions! More please😁 Love all your content, info, shorts, deep dives….all of it Alex! Keep doing your thing and bringing us along. ☺☮❤🐠🦐🪴
Thanks. I will then
@@Fishtory Yay!😁
Thanks for answering my question on a video, I had my minute of fame to show my wife. 😜 I did see they video also, Thanks Alex
My pleasure! Have a great week!
Loved the format…great change just hearing some answers from different people’s questions.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I dig your viewpoint and common sense advice. Thank you brother!
My pleasure! Cheers
Very informative and helpful video. Thanks 👍
Thanks for the answer man! Hugely appreciated.
I've been keeping the water about a half inch from the rim so I'll lower that right down and let the floaters grow out some more before I restock.
Also, looking fresh man! Reminding me I need to shave my hobo beard soon.
Haha thanks. I shave like 2 or 3 days a month ...or it's 2x a day.
Thanks for this! I always appreciate your videos, and love your sense of humour!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the vid! While it is great to see questions get answered, may I suggest lumping similar topics together so the answers are easier to find in a search, in the future.
Yes. I kind of planned on doing follow ups from whatever videos I've done in between each video like this. People ask random questions in videos so incredibly unrelated lol
Awesome idea for a series!
Glad you think so!
This is a whole new way keep it up
Awesome, Totally Like it!! 🎉
Awesome Q & A Alex!!! Love your channel. Keep up the good work sir
Thanks! Will do!
Hi Alex! Once again you’ve covered several of my questions. Thank you so much! I have another one I’m hoping you can cover in a video. When you’re starting a tank for the first time, and you don’t have any other tanks to fall back on, what is a good way to stock it to build up the necessary beneficial bacteria and start various cycles. Some people say to use a filter from an established tank - not an option for me. Some people say to add bottle bacteria; what are the pluses and minuses of this? Some people say to start with very fast growing plants like hornwort and guppy grass, but what if you don’t want these plants in the future and want to have some Crypt and Anubias species. Some people say to put a few hardy fish in a heavily planted brand new tank with nutritious (sand-capped) substrate and let the fish waste be food for new bacteria,but will this harm the fish? Some people say to put snails into a brand new, heavily planted setup and let them cycle the tank. Some people say to cycle the tank with heavy planting, microfauna detritivores, shrimp, and botanicals like dead leaves, but will the leaves cause an ammonia spike that will kill the fauna? How many leaves can you start with in a new tank (mine is a 40 breeder)? Should you start your tank like a giant resurrection jar and add fish after the substrate has a good amount of leaves built up to protect microfauna? I know this question is actually lots of related questions and am hoping it’s enough to make a video that will be useful for beginners.
Okay I'll add it to my next video :)
Bur quickly ill tell you ... most things work , just test the parameters and make sure ammonia tests as positive early on ( first 10 days)...then ideally nitrites will show up....then both will go to zero and nitrates will start to rise and it's time for fishies. A bit of Fish food, plants, some rugged danios or guppies etc or even a snail will all add bacteria. Any plants you buy wet at a store should act about the same as the bacteria in a bottle...a live colony starter. ... filter media is fastest, but as you said, we don't always have that
Yay! I’m so excited! Thanks for taking the time to read my long message and for deciding to use it! Also, try to blow off the haters and trolls who are just trying to stir things up. They are missing out on so much in this life. Their loss!
excellent q and a
Glad you liked it!
Hey, I reuse a bunch of my plant trimmings, and excess amazon frogbit! I save the jungle val clippings, hydrilla cuttings, and extra floaters in a bag in the freezer. Then when I'm cooking veggies for snello, they get added, boiled, and mashed together with squash, green beans, bamboo shoots, dandelion leaves, and peas. Then I mix in crushed chalk, some fish flake fo flavor, some squirts of vitachem and set it all in dense gelatin. Chop into blocks and freeze, then bag it up.
Nutrient export via live snails.
Great tip! Love it
Another great video! ❤ thanks alex! ❤❤❤❤❤
I like the Q & A format! Obviously, not for all your vids, but occasionally in order to consolidate and expedite answers!
Yes I do like this kind of video. Because even if you don't choose my question to answer, there is soooo much to know and learn about the aquarium hobby, that I can learn from the questions that you do pick to answer. There could be one that I think I know but I was wrong. And even if I do know one that doesn't mean I can't still learn even more about it. So thank you Alex very much. Keep up the great videos. 😉
Will do!
I have your videos going on like a lecture from a university course. You are phenomenal in how much you provide quality insight for perspectives that come from experience, not just intellectualization.
You're putting boot to butt my friend! Thank you!
Haha thanks. Welcome 🙏 and make yourself at home
Looking good old friend! ❤️🇦🇺
Thank you kindly! I'm happy to see you around these parts! I hope you are doing well and wish you ALL THE BEST!
@@Fishtory thanks matey. Day by day ❤️🇦🇺
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Just so you know how bad this is, I just closed the windows (UA-cam studio, the UA-cam app, and chrome WHATEVER you call them.) And now it's recommending MY VIDEOS to me. That are on my channel. As unwatched, recommended for me. I'm logged in as me. I only have like 26 videos. People can't find you. I'm sure of it
Don’t seem shadow van to me, your videos appear when I look for something, even before subscribing.
Even the last 2 months? Because I'm getting analytics that say less than 10% of people subscribed are even getting "impressions" which means they see a thumbnail they could click...that number was over 65% at one point in December of 23'.
@@Fishtory in this 2 months, I know it for sure because it was in this 2 months when I decided to “return” to aquariums and I was gathering info, and I think it was related to no filter aquariums when I found you for the first time. But guys like mj aquascaping appears more often, maybe he hit harder the algorithm for shorter videos with way less info but more production (photography, editing and so) . But yeah, your videos appear to me and I receive notifications when you post.
im not getting any alerts for the lives, but if i did I'd be there. gotta love the algorithm lol
Thanks for the feedback on that. Uhh
For what it’s worth Alex, I think you look perfectly passable. And your teeth are looking great.
Keep up the good work dude. I guarantee I’ll be watching every upload
Edit: Do you think a Honey gourami or a juvenile female betta would be a better fit for a shrimp and guppy tank? PH, KH and GH are within range for either but I am a little worried about the betta being a bit of a bully
Shrimps will be a great food source for your gourami and bettas. I would say tho, my bettas are not quick enough to catch every single shrimp. I got hideouts for them as well. But, if you want to min/max your shrimp production it could be a problem :)
I have expensive shrimp in some of my betta aquariums and don't care if they get eaten.
Honey gourami by far... a thick lipped red gourami will also work. But the betta tend to hunt the shrimp ...some don't, but it's tough if they ever start that trend
Watching this as I set up a rice fish hatching tank, nice video!
Perfect!
Obrigado pelo vídeo!
Of course my friend
Wish this was a longer video, but hey it's all good.
Man, people can be so nasty. Trolling keyboard warriors insulting people and fishing for drama, 🤮
Rock on my friend.
👍♥️👍
Lol I was laughing at these. 99% I don't care. But I do when I actually work hard on that specific thing and something like the audio was bad, and then I get 5 comments on it, when I already tried my best lol
If people think they can wash the bacteria off their filters, don't consider why we use soap or methylated spirits against viruses and bacteria 😅
Also, if I remember correct the scientist from Prime have said you had to wash your filter for an hour if you wanted to kill your filter completely.
The funny thing is tho, the same thing was said in Denmark where we have clean water 😂
Professor Jason from prime time aquatics made a good video on it. As long as you aren’t washing it in boiling water or for extended periods of time tap water is fine ✌️
Agreed 👍
@@AgxntOrange thanks mate. I could not remember it and did not have the time to research the name.
There's a lot of conflicting opinions on the subject as what happens very often on many topics.
@@heaven7360
yeah, opinions that are not based on science are just speculation :)
That can be a good first step ofc.
When it comes to having animals or anything with morals and ethics attached it comes easily emotionally based :)
Really good video i like this format
Glad you enjoy it!
Nice video,good concept
Recalibrate!😂❤
question... I have noticed that in my shrimp only tank that when I add veg tabs or bottom feeder food that the snails really congregate on these foods. What I find amazing is that the shrimp know the food is there, but once the snails ( bladder, trumpet, and apple snails) move on to the food, the shrimp go crazy around the snails and the food. Very large numbers of shrimp congregate. So do snails metabolize the food that the shrimp find useful? I am constantly seeing this behavior and the baby shrimp in particular are present. Thank you for all the research that you do. Erin
Great freakin question. So there is research in quite a few snails that shows their slime has nutrients in it... that shrimp and microfauna love to eat :)
I like the Q&As, I think they are good for engagement. I think UA-cam is having a learning curve with AI and how it interacts with users. I've had issues with over stimulation of your channel, from the AI vs Megan The Stallion, youtube AI WON'T recommend her videos or channel to me no matter how many times I search and select her videos. It's frustrating on our ends as users too.
So annoying. Are you saying it shows you too many of my thumbnails at the moment? That's very fascinating . Thanks for the info!
@@Fishtory I'll be honest with you. It happened about 2-3 mos ago, and as much as I like your videos, I had to "don't recommend channel" for about 4-5 weeks. b/c I couldn't do a lot of other stuff on youtube (like listen to music) w/o your videos & thumbnails coming at me 24/7. I still watched your videos during this time, but man, that AI was trippin'.
hi, question can i add more sand (crushed red lava rock) substrate to my established tank? and how? thank you... god bless🙏🏻
Yes you can. Some put it in a filter media bag about 1/4 of the size of the bottom glass, then put the old Substrate over the rock and sand over that.... it's a bit messy and you only want to do like 25% a week if you are using a soil or dirt already. If you have gravel or sand already, you can add another "lasagna" layer right on top if you want
@@Fishtory thank you so much, actually my tank is a dirted tank, and i think there is some spot that i need to put more crushed lava rocks.
I don’t get notified, I SEEK FISHTORY 😏
Hahahaha
Well thanks
I’d like to know your opinion on seachem prime. Recently I e been seeing posts on social media claiming seachem prime doesn’t actually detoxify amonia and nitrite and are making false claims.
I’ve been reading the same posts I think. What I can gather as a curious noobie is that it *does* detoxify ammonia, maybe only temporarily? But it definitely doesn’t remove it.
Basically I wouldn’t ever substitute it for a water change but I have heard of people overdosing it prior to an emergency water change just to give them a bit more time to work with
Good topic. We don't know what sulphite salts are in it even technically...trade secrets. But a cap full treats like 150 gallons or something wild for dechlorinating.
As I understand it, the company chemist and lead R&D dr. Spoke with me at AGA a few years back. And said it acts as a life raft for ammonia and chlorine ...it bonds to it, doesn't remove it... but over time as the bonds break chlorine evaporated out , as will ammonia. But in hard water with a high ph (8.5+) ammonia Is 100x as deadly as when it is in 6.5 ph water! So it locks it up for 24 to 72 hours depending on temp and other water variables...but if your ammonia is high, change the water and use some prime
I hate how we are all beholden to algorithms these days
Yes me too. I said screw it 2 weeks ago...nothing I'm doing is helping so I'll do what I enjoy for a month or so until I inevitably come crawling back
Here’s a q for your next round…… what should we do with bully fish in a community tank? I have a bully neon tetra. I started with 12 neons & 12 black neons. I am now down to 4 of each over the past year. It didn’t start straight away and when I first noticed it I thought it looked a bit like mating behaviour. This one neon actively seeks out his own kind & attacks! I’ve let him get away with it being I like to just let nature be, but I will be bumping up my numbers again and not sure if I should just get rid of him. (Yes he is a he). Should I euthanise? What’s your opinion? ❤️🇦🇺
Would keep larger school to disperse aggression.
@@sewerrat7612 I would if I had a bigger tank 🇦🇺❤️
@@MissChelle was thinking one school with larger numbers as opposed to two species
Good content! Thank you.
Thank you
I left a comment but it disappeared...twice...so anyway don't know what's up with that as it was just a normal no contest comment...but thought I'd recommend this lady's channel Freshwater Ichthyology ...this one is specifically on Plecos which a lot of people like ...(including you I think)...
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Thanks for all your work!
Oh yeah I love Rebecca. I ask her questions when I need help with anything loricaridae haha 😄
@@Fishtory I don't have Plecos myself but even I enjoy sitting in on her presentations about them. I imagine it's satisfying for you to speak to her about the subject. I also enjoyed her presentation about fish food and ingredients from her perspective.
My electric blue acaras just laid eggs I thought I still had a while because they're only about 2-3" long but nope now I have to figure out what to do
They're in a 40 gallon tote with 2 angel fish, 4 other little acaras 7 plecos and 2 otocinclus
Anybody want to donate a 40 gallon tank to me? Lol
Meanwhile my little message on Patreon goes unread.
I'll go look now. I haven't gotten any alerts. Apologies
@@Fishtory Still nothing? Is Patreon messaging broken?