Thanks, Jay. I know you don't upload videos that often but when you do I know your video will have great educational value in the aquarium hobby. Worth the wait!
this sounds like a trick question in exam. people usually assume each fish received same amount of food instead of both tank received same amount of food
Thank you for this! A really great way to flip how to look at aquarium care. Perhaps the question we should be asking when we stock our aquariums should not be "how many fish can I fit into X litres/gallons" but rather "How much food can my aquarium system handle?". Really love your videos and appreciate your time and effort in making them :)
Excellent, I had already realized this but your video dissects everything very well. In my opinion, and what I do, is that if I see that the filter gets very dirty, it is because I'm overfeeding [in case of having fish that do not produce as much waste, like small fish]. I realized right away that when I had to clean my canister filter and it was full of food waste, and even that I was already giving about 3 pellets for 6 small fish one time a day. I went from giving 3 pellets to two to giving only one. Now all the food is consumed and the filter does not get dirty, the fish look colorful, active and healthy. I've been doing that for over a year with the same fish and it's amazing how everything changes when you know how much food to give. Edit: I forgot to say that all the fish I have are bottom feeders so the single pellet I give is not eaten by only one fish. - Ramon 🇲🇽
Great video, great point! I can in truth say that you are the fishtuber (sorry for the name calling) that's closer to my way of embracing the hobby. Thanks a lot for all your precious contributions.
Awesome! You are my favorite fishtuber! You inspired me to do a no water change in my 20 gallon tank. Sadly, there's green water algae, maybe because the deep dirted tank is not heavily planted. Now I'm doing no light and water changes for 4 or 5 days to try to remove it.
Is there a way to quantify the amount of food you should feed a certain tank? Like percentage of protein in food, general plant mass, water volume, water change schedule, etc. Like a master equation and solve for x value which could be fish mass total or amount of food to feed or whatever. Even something interactive where you could change the values and the other inputs adjust accordingly? That would be cool. Also Diana Walstad talks about exactly this in her book Ecology of the Planted Aquarium. She says think about feeding a whole system vs. just feeding the fish that are in it. It makes you think about your main daily input the food and getting all the other variables to match up. Or match up the feeding with the variables of the system. Great video :)
Hi Jay, 1 week ago set up a dirted 5 gal tank with 1 inch of soil & 2 1/2 inches of sand. I have about 50% plants, ...stem & column feeders. I am running a hob filter with a media cartridge. A small light under the hood of the tank. My question is should I use the hob filtration while I wait for the tank to cycle or is it better to cycle without any filtration? I have watched all your basic videos on filtration ...but am still stumped here. Thanks for any help you can give. Or does it make any difference either with or without filtration?
“Father Fish”(check out) argues that feeding once a month is possible in a well established tank. His store clerks feed more often. I personally feed a sprinkle once every three days, 10 times a months.
Merci pour cette vidéo, je suis d'accord avec vous. Personne parle de l'alimentation. Personnellement je nourri pas mets poisson de la semaine juste une fois après mon changement d'eau. Et j'ai aucune perte de poisson et ils se nourrissent par la micro faunes et algues qu'il y a dans le bac. Encore merci et vos vidéos sont toujours bien expliqué et j'apprends toujours. Bonne journée
Great video, especially on driving home the point of feeding as the primary source of ammonia. One minor point though. Although im not an expert on fish physiology (not an ithchyologist but a physician and an avid aquarist), and do correct me if im wrong, but I do believe that fishes primarily excrete ammonia through respiration via their gills, and secondarily through their urine and excrement. Mere respiration in fishes will produce ammonia. So in both systems, the system with more fishes could still produce more ammonia, even if no food is given to both systems. In this instance, the proteins would come from the fishes' bodies, via starvation and catabolic processes, in order to maintain physiologic processes necessary for homeostasis and survival. But still, the points of food being the main factor in polluting the aquarium and its relation to filtration were driven home nicely, so kudos to you, keep up the good work.
For a human, you can determine required calories based mostly on the current weight. You can figure out the required calories to maintain the weight, and the required calories to gain or lose weight. I wonder if a similar concept can be used for aquatic animals.
Hey Jay - is there anyway to email you? I saw some info that says that it's impossible to create a no water change system, because the plants cant remove all waste. Can we discuss? Two of my nano tanks are no water change systems.
@@Jaysaquarium Jay - thanks for the reply. I tend to agree. I haven't done a water change in my three gallon now for probably a year and a half. But I noticed that even though nitrates are 0, my phosphates are still around 2ppm. Do you think phosphates are harmful to fish? An expert told me, it's the dissolved carbon that kills fish, and not nitrates. Thoughts?
@@Jaysaquarium I'm giving you this link. I think this guy hasn't done water changes in any of his tank for several decades. He inspired me to do no water change aquariums. Please post again soon. Love your material. ruclips.net/video/rg1u-XVMU3Q/видео.html
Thanks Jay. Many thanks for the amazing video. I thought that 70% of the ammonia that fish produce comes from their gills and not their poop? Do they just stop making ammonia when breathing if they don’t have food?
I’m 4 min in and I’ve heard you repeat people think what feels like a 100 times.. maybe tip for future to get to the point quicker. Curious for the rest tho and I generally love your work.
Obviously a trick question. Come on Jay. Filtration has 2 functions. Mechanical and biological Mechanical filter will involve manually or automatically [mat filter] taking out the solid stuff. Logically more m/filters are going to take out more stuff. In biological filters the more surface area the more bacteria. So manufacturers made small, medium and large sizes of filters. I find that your reasoning is not quite true. Larger and deeper sand/gravel bed compared to a smaller sand bed, same amount of fish food by your logical both will be the same[results] IF the amount of food can be digested. Increase the food amount, the small bed will not be able to digest, but the large bed still can. Increase it more and both will be unable to handle the food.
@@Jaysaquarium If we define pollute as contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances. Then sure fish does pollute water. Fish sure excrete waste, [poo and urine] or is it by your logic it does not? But if by your 'twisted' logic then fish does not pollute cos it is within your confined set parameters and mind. But those limits are not confined for most aquarists. We have fish that have different metabolisms, foods that are higher in protein some more for colours, I mean all sorts of variables in water, volumes, and even redox and the whole gizmos.
@@Jaysaquarium It depends according to Jay's twisted logic[ no offence man] When there is no food and there is fish, and when the fish dies .the fish is the main source of pollution is correct. Actually the fish is the main source when alive more so when it dies.When there is food the food is the main source of p. When there is food and fish both are the main source of pollution.It is the variables play. Don't forget the other variables like water volume and filter sizes and the number of filters.
Sorry, but this video is a bit supid. The question was: Which tank needs more filtration, a tank with one, or with 5 fishes? Obviously, we are talking about the same species and size of fish, and not like one Diskus vs 5 Neon Tetras, right? So you say the tanks need the same filtration, because you feed the same amount??? But why whould you do this? Obviously you need to feed the 5 fish 5 times the amount of food. If you want to talk about food, that is an interesting topic, but why do you do this stupid clickbait question, and call most "aquarium veterans" stupid, while you twist the words in their mouth?
Thanks, Jay. I know you don't upload videos that often but when you do I know your video will have great educational value in the aquarium hobby. Worth the wait!
this sounds like a trick question in exam. people usually assume each fish received same amount of food instead of both tank received same amount of food
Thank you for this! A really great way to flip how to look at aquarium care. Perhaps the question we should be asking when we stock our aquariums should not be "how many fish can I fit into X litres/gallons" but rather "How much food can my aquarium system handle?". Really love your videos and appreciate your time and effort in making them :)
Exaxtly :)
@@Jaysaquarium can we make that as an alternative stocking calculator?
Excellent, I had already realized this but your video dissects everything very well. In my opinion, and what I do, is that if I see that the filter gets very dirty, it is because I'm overfeeding [in case of having fish that do not produce as much waste, like small fish]. I realized right away that when I had to clean my canister filter and it was full of food waste, and even that I was already giving about 3 pellets for 6 small fish one time a day. I went from giving 3 pellets to two to giving only one. Now all the food is consumed and the filter does not get dirty, the fish look colorful, active and healthy. I've been doing that for over a year with the same fish and it's amazing how everything changes when you know how much food to give. Edit: I forgot to say that all the fish I have are bottom feeders so the single pellet I give is not eaten by only one fish. - Ramon 🇲🇽
Having plants in your tank reduces the worries of overfeeding. They can help consume the ammonia and leftovers.
Great video, great point! I can in truth say that you are the fishtuber (sorry for the name calling) that's closer to my way of embracing the hobby. Thanks a lot for all your precious
contributions.
Awesome! You are my favorite fishtuber! You inspired me to do a no water change in my 20 gallon tank. Sadly, there's green water algae, maybe because the deep dirted tank is not heavily planted. Now I'm doing no light and water changes for 4 or 5 days to try to remove it.
Great video Jay. I appreciate your speaking and teaching style.
People who love fundamental are in love with your presentations.
Is there a way to quantify the amount of food you should feed a certain tank? Like percentage of protein in food, general plant mass, water volume, water change schedule, etc. Like a master equation and solve for x value which could be fish mass total or amount of food to feed or whatever. Even something interactive where you could change the values and the other inputs adjust accordingly? That would be cool. Also Diana Walstad talks about exactly this in her book Ecology of the Planted Aquarium. She says think about feeding a whole system vs. just feeding the fish that are in it. It makes you think about your main daily input the food and getting all the other variables to match up. Or match up the feeding with the variables of the system. Great video :)
There isnt a way to quantify yet. We need to discuss it more and figure it out
Hi Jay, 1 week ago set up a dirted 5 gal tank with 1 inch of soil & 2 1/2 inches of sand. I have about 50% plants, ...stem & column feeders. I am running a hob filter with a media cartridge. A small light under the hood of the tank. My question is should I use the hob filtration while I wait for the tank to cycle or is it better to cycle without any filtration? I have watched all your basic videos on filtration ...but am still stumped here. Thanks for any help you can give. Or does it make any difference either with or without filtration?
“Father Fish”(check out) argues that feeding once a month is possible in a well established tank. His store clerks feed more often. I personally feed a sprinkle once every three days, 10 times a months.
I imagine tank b would have less ammonia because the fish are growing reproducing and burning calories
Yep. That is possible.
Merci pour cette vidéo, je suis d'accord avec vous. Personne parle de l'alimentation. Personnellement je nourri pas mets poisson de la semaine juste une fois après mon changement d'eau. Et j'ai aucune perte de poisson et ils se nourrissent par la micro faunes et algues qu'il y a dans le bac. Encore merci et vos vidéos sont toujours bien expliqué et j'apprends toujours. Bonne journée
Great video, especially on driving home the point of feeding as the primary source of ammonia. One minor point though. Although im not an expert on fish physiology (not an ithchyologist but a physician and an avid aquarist), and do correct me if im wrong, but I do believe that fishes primarily excrete ammonia through respiration via their gills, and secondarily through their urine and excrement. Mere respiration in fishes will produce ammonia. So in both systems, the system with more fishes could still produce more ammonia, even if no food is given to both systems. In this instance, the proteins would come from the fishes' bodies, via starvation and catabolic processes, in order to maintain physiologic processes necessary for homeostasis and survival. But still, the points of food being the main factor in polluting the aquarium and its relation to filtration were driven home nicely, so kudos to you, keep up the good work.
Excellent points you're making in this video, Jay! Spot on! Finally, some accurate information.
Great video
For a human, you can determine required calories based mostly on the current weight. You can figure out the required calories to maintain the weight, and the required calories to gain or lose weight. I wonder if a similar concept can be used for aquatic animals.
Thanks for your knowledge Jay, could you explain how to increase redox orp mv without lowering ph?
Ummm no. Because i dont know.
Anoxic filteration is the answer. Marble sand placed in a bag will help bring back lost ph.
Hey Jay - is there anyway to email you? I saw some info that says that it's impossible to create a no water change system, because the plants cant remove all waste. Can we discuss? Two of my nano tanks are no water change systems.
There are still many people who refuse to believe no water change tanks. Those people are wrong.
@@Jaysaquarium Jay - thanks for the reply. I tend to agree. I haven't done a water change in my three gallon now for probably a year and a half. But I noticed that even though nitrates are 0, my phosphates are still around 2ppm. Do you think phosphates are harmful to fish? An expert told me, it's the dissolved carbon that kills fish, and not nitrates. Thoughts?
All dissolved chemicals can be toxic to fish. Nitrogen products get most of the attention because they cause 90% of the problems.
@@Jaysaquarium Do you think phosphates cause problems? It's something I've been thinking about a lot. Most of our pesticides are now phosphate based.
@@Jaysaquarium I'm giving you this link. I think this guy hasn't done water changes in any of his tank for several decades. He inspired me to do no water change aquariums. Please post again soon. Love your material.
ruclips.net/video/rg1u-XVMU3Q/видео.html
Great video as usual. I wish you had time/interest to do a saltwater tank experiment.
Thanks Jay. Many thanks for the amazing video. I thought that 70% of the ammonia that fish produce comes from their gills and not their poop? Do they just stop making ammonia when breathing if they don’t have food?
Not much nitrogen to excrete if you're not eating nitrogen
Good message, timewasting presentation style.
can i feed high protein ground beans?
If it works for you
Bravo Jay 👏👏👏
I’m 4 min in and I’ve heard you repeat people think what feels like a 100 times.. maybe tip for future to get to the point quicker. Curious for the rest tho and I generally love your work.
Obviously a trick question.
Come on Jay.
Filtration has 2 functions. Mechanical and biological
Mechanical filter will involve manually or automatically [mat filter] taking out the solid stuff. Logically more m/filters are going to take out more stuff.
In biological filters the more surface area the more bacteria. So manufacturers made small, medium and large sizes of filters.
I find that your reasoning is not quite true. Larger and deeper sand/gravel bed compared to a smaller sand bed, same amount of fish food by your logical both will be the same[results] IF the amount of food can be digested. Increase the food amount, the small bed will not be able to digest, but the large bed still can. Increase it more and both will be unable to handle the food.
So do fish pollute your water?
@@Jaysaquarium If we define pollute as contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances.
Then sure fish does pollute water. Fish sure excrete waste, [poo and urine] or is it by your logic it does not?
But if by your 'twisted' logic then fish does not pollute cos it is within your confined set parameters and mind.
But those limits are not confined for most aquarists. We have fish that have different metabolisms, foods that are higher in protein some more for colours, I mean all sorts of variables in water, volumes, and even redox and the whole gizmos.
Is fish food the main source of pollution for an average tank?
@@Jaysaquarium It depends according to Jay's twisted logic[ no offence man] When there is no food and there is fish, and when the fish dies .the fish is the main source of pollution is correct. Actually the fish is the main source when alive more so when it dies.When there is food the food is the main source of p. When there is food and fish both are the main source of pollution.It is the variables play. Don't forget the other variables like water volume and filter sizes and the number of filters.
Okay.
Sorry, but this video is a bit supid.
The question was: Which tank needs more filtration, a tank with one, or with 5 fishes?
Obviously, we are talking about the same species and size of fish, and not like one Diskus vs 5 Neon Tetras, right?
So you say the tanks need the same filtration, because you feed the same amount??? But why whould you do this? Obviously you need to feed the 5 fish 5 times the amount of food.
If you want to talk about food, that is an interesting topic, but why do you do this stupid clickbait question, and call most "aquarium veterans" stupid, while you twist the words in their mouth?
Sorry for beimg supid bruh. Thats not the point of the video....
Good call. clickbait.