Beautiful job! Thank you for including your mistakes, which are easy to make in our excitement. Love your cats too, especially the one at the start, licking his lips at the tasty fishies!
I love the baby nursery idea. I would have never thought of it myself. I'm waiting for my rice fish to be delivered as I write this. I can't wait to put them in my pond. Please update us on your pond soon.
My baby fish grew up now. I ended up moving them to a bigger bowl. As hey grew, they needed more space but they were still not big enough to be back in the pond. Thank you so much for your comment, I will make another video as soon as I can.
I have orange Medaka in a ceramic fish bowl on my patio. I have lots of duckweed to shade them from the hot FLORIDA sun. My bowl holds about 8 gallons and sits on a heavy duty rolling platform so I can put them in the shade. I found some tiny tadpoles in another pot and brought them inside to a small water terarrium. I took some water from my Medaka bowl to add to my tadpoles and found two Medaka fry!!! I’m so thrilled. Time to set up another Medaka bowl. Your suggestions about a nursery for the fry and shade are very helpful. Thank you for a very informative post.
Wow I'd love to see your patio ponds❤️ I can see how exciting to see the media fry! What I learnt from looking after the little fry, when they are younger than 2 weeks old, they normaly can't eat fish food even if you grind it to powder. In Japan, people feed plant planktons (Paramecium) to medals fry, but I couldn't find anyone sells them here. I tried to catch and grow them by myself but I failed. So I decided to keep the very young baby fish in green water in a bucket (water colour should be just light yellow green that I can still see the bottom of the bucket). Green water contains nutrition like planktons or bacteria so medals fry can feed themselves. After two weeks, they start being able to eat powder food. I found it's easier to look after little fish if I separate them from adult fish, and put the fry in a relatively large container like a bucket (my one is 15L size). I made green water by putting about 5 adult medals fish for 4-5 days in a bucket water, and move them back to the pond (time depends on the weather, size of fish, size of the bucket )In that way, the bucket water turned green. I didn't look after the fry, but they all survived in the green water! Now it's getting cold here, so they are slowing down the growth but they look happy. Good luck with your lovely ricefish and tadpoles 💕
@@livelovelaughdiy Wondering if hard boiled egg yolk mashed into water to create a soup would be eaten by newly hatched medaka. It works for tiny betta fish
@@emihayashi7725Thank you for sharing your experience! I think boiled egg yolk will work too. I found the info that actually some medaka farms feed boiled egg yolk to the fry 😉
I found your channel today and it's a true blessing. Your voice, music and images are calming and beautiful. I would love to share more of your garden. Thank you.
I love this! My son has a half finished koi pond. Been thinking about finishing it myself as he seems to be too busy. Would love to do one of these pots on my second floor deck also. Absolutely beautiful. So peaceful 💟
Than you so so much for your lovely comment from Germany. I have been to Germany long time ago and loved it so much! It took a long time (and a bit of injury...😅) to make the garden, and I think Medaka pond is the highlight of it 😉
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"Seal the bottom holes with glue gun because I've seen it on some video." HAHAHAHA That's one relatable line! I'll learn a lot from this video. Thanks!
This is delightful. Im making one of these soon and was going.to add goldfish but needed a pump. These little fish are perfect..I'm hoping I can get them in London. Thank you for all your tips.
Thank you! Rice fish are beautiful. There are so many varieties. If you are lucky, you may be able to find red ones which look like small & slim version of goldfish 😊💕
Gracias 😊 Esta es una forma tradicional japonesa muy antigua de disfrutar el pescado de arroz. Se basa en la capacidad natural de filtración y oxigenación de las plantas. Pero puede agregar su filtro si lo desea. El pez arroz japonés no vive en agua con corriente, por lo que debe evitar crear demasiada corriente en su estanque que agote a los peces.
Beautiful pond! I've got a few container ponds on my balcony with Medaka too. Glad to see you changed from hot glue to epoxy, hot glue breaks down and releases toxins apparently so epoxy or pure silicone are best.
Hi, I have a Japanese garden in my backyard and also have a Koi pond. (About 1000 gallons) Your video has inspired me to make a mini pond just like yours. Thank you for making this video!
We’ve got lots of mosquitoes here too 😩 Rice fish eat mosquito larvae, so sometimes people use them to reduce mosquitoes. But mosquito larvae can eat rice fish fry, also it is true that just having extra water outside increases mosquitoes. Whisky barrel sounds great 👍 I have seen whisky barrel style pots made of plastic at Bunnings (DIY shop), and tempted to get it so many times! Good luck 😉
good morning, thanks for the nice video. I am Italian, but I have been in love with martial arts and Japan since I was a child. Now I dream of reproducing a Japanese garden and I have more Medaka. I hope to find long-finned medaka as well. Thank you.
Hello What a beautiful pond you've created! Could you please tell me what the creeper plant on the outside of the pond is? The one that is growing up the side and along the path. Many thanks.
Thank you for your comment. The creeper plant is Callisia Repens (Creeping Inchplant). It grows very very well here. It's a type of succulent and great ground cover. There are some variations in colour. Some are pink, some are purple, or gold. My one is goldish green but backside of the leaves are purple.
Hi from the UK🇬🇧. I really enjoyed the video.👍🏿👏🏿 Very soothing to watch. I have been thinking of having a pond in a large ceramic plant pot but hadn't thought of adding fish to it. A lovely idea. Thank you for sharing.😃
Nice one. I was actually looking for videos on this topic. Planning a “Mediterranean” version of the same idea in my garden using halved wine barrels. Thinking about putting two at different heights and an solar powered electric pump to circulate water from the bottom to the top one.
Wow! It sounds like a beautiful idea! If you are planning to put ricefish in that pond, I think it’s better to adjust the water to fall gently not to have too much stream in the pond. If there is some area where fish can avoid the current, it’s ok 👍 Also solar powered pump probably stops working during the night and can give a fish quiet sleep time😊
@@livelovelaughdiy Probably Northern Europe is too cold for ricefish… I will try with small goldfish that I can put in an aquarium indoors during winter.
@@YSLRD Thanks a lot for the tip! I think the big one where I plan to put them barely holds more than 110L. I’ll investigate alternatives. I am still waiting for the pomp I ordered and I started with the bog filter. Fish will come last when everything is ready.
the pond is so pretty and the fish are so cute! Thank you for your video- it was so informative! I have a ~50 liter planter at home and I was inspired me to make one for my backyard. My only concern was that my planter would be too deep (it is 17 inches/43 centimeters) so I was wondering what the dimensions of your pot were, for reference. love from CA!
My pot's depth is similar to yours. Rice fish don't seem to mind the depth, they can live in a deep pot as long as they have wide enough area. But if they are close to the bottom, you can't see them.
The Japanese garden is amazing and the mini fish pond is perfect. Just wondering since the pond is in outdoor, could the rice fish survive during winter? Do you need to change water regularly?
Hi 😊 thank you for your comment & questions. Japanese rice fish can handle very cold water. I live in Gold Coast in Australia where the water never freezes even in the coldest day. So they are just fine. I don't know how the climate is like in winter in your area, but they can survive cold water under a thin layer of ice. Actually I've just uploaded a video about winter pond, you can check this video for the details 😉 ruclips.net/video/_htZakHSvU8/видео.html Regarding the water change, I used to change water once/ 2-3 weeks to keep it clean from algae in summer with this mini pond (you don't need any water change in winter), but I upgraded it to a bigger patio pond with more plants and substrate last year and I changed water only once a year! My fish are happy and they reproduced a lot! The natural ecosystem must have worked well in the bigger patio pond. I have the video about my new pond if you like to know how I look after my fish. ruclips.net/video/-VuSHOJeZnc/видео.html
Hi! Your mini pond is beautiful! I have 4 cats and I noticed you used a cover at first, but then you didn't. Do cats get used to the pond and not bother the fish after a while?
You are spot on with your guess! I have 3 cats now, but back then I had two. Those two cats got used to the pond in the end. When I got a new one, I started using the cover again because the new cat was a curious kitten 😹 I use a bamboo shade cover when it's heavily raining.
@@liryc24 I understand, the cover doesn't look good. As my pond plants grow, they give the fish more hiding areas. I think that helped to protect them too. If your pond doesn't have much hiding area, and the colour of the fish stands out, you'd better have a cover because the cover also protect fish from birds as well (depends on where you live though).
Thank you 😊 Just a note, Japanese rice fish (medaka) can handle cold water if they are adult, but small fish may not be able to make it in winter. Also when it’s cold, they spend most of the time sitting at the bottom and don’t move much. So if your pond is deep, you may not be able to see them much. A lot of people start setting this kind of pond from spring in Japan. I think spring is the easiest season 😉
Hello Friend! I'm from Brazil and I really liked your planted mini pond. It was wonderful, because you are very talented and creative. I am also setting up a mini planted pond of approximately 1300 liters, here in Brazil, where I will put some fish. I will follow you and I subscribed to your channel. Cheers and bring us more movies, ok?!
Thank youuu❣️I love creative things. My next video may not be so soon (sorry, I am a slow creator...) but I definitely want to make more videos. Wow your pond is a big pond. It sounds so exciting. Love to see it!
I moved my ricefish to a fish tank inside last winter. But Japanese ricefish are tolerant with cold water. They can survive during the winter. They usually slow down eating when the water temperature drops. When it’s very cold, they don’t eat, don’t move much to save energy. They can survive even under ice but if it’s too cold and the whole water gets frozen, they die. Also, little fish are weaker, so they may not handle well with cold water. So we don’t normally use heater for this fish. Hope this info is helpful 😊
The open shaped bowl exposes water surface to the air, so air always dissolve in the water, and rice fish don’t need the pump. Yes, plants act like a filter and help to oxygenate the water too. You can install a pump if you want, but the fish don’t like strong stream, so you need to make sure to give them the area with no stream.
@@livelovelaughdiy let the water come in under that tray. How is your beatiful space doing? I also love the white pebbles with the flagstones, very Zen. 👍
Thank you!! I tried to make this space like a Japanese zen garden. My bamboo fountain is getting dirty but the plants are growing to cover the ground and looking nice now 😊
I'm doing this! One question though; is the hot glue strong enough to hold water? I've always had it deteriorate from water or liquids. Might try it with silicone. I actually have a few different pots to choose from. Some with and some without drainage holes. Have you done this with any other fish? I want to get a few set up. Rice fish, American flatfish, guppies, platies, mollies, even try some female bettas outside in a protected area. I think it could be great, as I live in a similar climate to Gold Coast, but opposite hemisphere: San Diego, in Southern California🌈🌊🌞😂 - Erik
I don’t recommend to use hot glue. My pot had a peg to seal the hole, so I placed it and fixed with epoxy glue. It’s has been no leak. I haven’t try other fish, but my friend had some guppies in the similar pond, so I think guppies are ok (actually they breed a lot in the pond!). Female bettas sound nice 😊 Thank you for your lovely comment from California 🌞🌞🌞
@@jt.633 I bought the plant (swamp pepper) from aquatic plant section. The other one which I got from my backyard was weed. But I found it growing in the pond, so I just guessed it should be ok in the water, and it was ok 👍 actually you can try many different plants. If you don’t immerse whole pot, some types of mint grow, pothos can be ok too 😊
I cleaned the pond and changed water regularly, but the frequency depends on the season. If it’s summer, I change water more often than cold season. You seldom need to change water in winter. I received a comment from Japan on this video. She said that if I can place akadama soil in the pond, I don’t need to change water. Actually I looked for it, but couldn’t find it here. I don’t know where you live, but if you can find it, it may help to reduce your work.
I am curious how you clean your pond and how it maintains itself without a pump? I want to install a mini pond of my own but most videos I watch say a pump needs to be installed. Any help you can provide is very much appreciated!!
When I clean my mini pond, I use a gravel cleaner (vacuum tube) to clean the gravel and get rid of dirty water at the bottom (probably 1/3 of pond water) then scrape algae inside of the pond with sponge or scouring pad (my one has a long stick, so I don't have to put my hand in water. Also it is easier to wipe off the algae when water is not so deep). Wait for half hour+ (normally I clean other fish tank during the time), then use the gravel cleaner again to remove more dirty water. After that I add new clean water not more than old water. If it doesn't fill up the pond, I add the rest of the new water next day because I don't want to fill new water more than half at once. Regarding the pump, you can install it in your pond. But ricefish generally live in still water, and the swim against the stream. So if there is constant water stream in the pond, the fish have to fight against the stream constantly, and it exhausts them. But if there is a still area, they can avoid the stream. So you can use the pump. But I think its better to adjust the flow level low for them 😃
Thank you :) I used a piece of wire mesh panel to make the cover. I cut the panel in a bigger circle than the pond's diameter with wire cutter, and put it on the pond then folded the edge to fit on top of the pond. Sometimes, I used bamboo shade (cut out in a size to cover the pond) when I want to shut from sunlight, or heavy rain.
I cleaned this mini pond once/2-3 wk when it’s warm, but now it’s winter here and my fish are often sleeping at the bottom and don’t eat much so I seldom need to clean the pond 😅
This was absolutely AMAZING! Having a little fish nursery was so smart! And it looks so good!
Thank you 😍 it is relaxing to see little fish in the pond.
Beautiful job! Thank you for including your mistakes, which are easy to make in our excitement. Love your cats too, especially the one at the start, licking his lips at the tasty fishies!
Thank you 😊 and glad you enjoyed this video! My cats are so curious especially the ginger one 😻
I love the baby nursery idea. I would have never thought of it myself. I'm waiting for my rice fish to be delivered as I write this. I can't wait to put them in my pond. Please update us on your pond soon.
My baby fish grew up now. I ended up moving them to a bigger bowl. As hey grew, they needed more space but they were still not big enough to be back in the pond. Thank you so much for your comment, I will make another video as soon as I can.
Are rice fish the same as minnows?
@@TexPR1 Minnows are in the different family from rice fish. Minnows are in same family as guppies. They have baby fish while rice fish lay eggs.
My sister in-law is also from Japan and living on the Gold Coast. Like you, she is very creative. Thanks for sharing your ideas
Gold Coast is not a big city, I might have seen your sister in-law 😆 Thank you for watching this video 💕
I really need a lady like you in my life who shares the same passion of nature. Cheers
Thank you!🙏 Yes, it's great to share the same passion!
I have orange Medaka in a ceramic fish bowl on my patio. I have lots of duckweed to shade them from the hot FLORIDA sun. My bowl holds about 8 gallons and sits on a heavy duty rolling platform so I can put them in the shade. I found some tiny tadpoles in another pot and brought them inside to a small water terarrium. I took some water from my Medaka bowl to add to my tadpoles and found two Medaka fry!!! I’m so thrilled. Time to set up another Medaka bowl.
Your suggestions about a nursery for the fry and shade are very helpful. Thank you for a very informative post.
Wow I'd love to see your patio ponds❤️ I can see how exciting to see the media fry! What I learnt from looking after the little fry, when they are younger than 2 weeks old, they normaly can't eat fish food even if you grind it to powder. In Japan, people feed plant planktons (Paramecium) to medals fry, but I couldn't find anyone sells them here. I tried to catch and grow them by myself but I failed. So I decided to keep the very young baby fish in green water in a bucket (water colour should be just light yellow green that I can still see the bottom of the bucket). Green water contains nutrition like planktons or bacteria so medals fry can feed themselves. After two weeks, they start being able to eat powder food. I found it's easier to look after little fish if I separate them from adult fish, and put the fry in a relatively large container like a bucket (my one is 15L size). I made green water by putting about 5 adult medals fish for 4-5 days in a bucket water, and move them back to the pond (time depends on the weather, size of fish, size of the bucket )In that way, the bucket water turned green. I didn't look after the fry, but they all survived in the green water! Now it's getting cold here, so they are slowing down the growth but they look happy. Good luck with your lovely ricefish and tadpoles 💕
@@livelovelaughdiy Wondering if hard boiled egg yolk mashed into water to create a soup would be eaten by newly hatched medaka. It works for tiny betta fish
@@emihayashi7725Thank you for sharing your experience! I think boiled egg yolk will work too. I found the info that actually some medaka farms feed boiled egg yolk to the fry 😉
@@livelovelaughdiy Good luck with your frys. I wish miniponds were a possibility for me in the desert with 117°F highs and 29°F lows
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I found your channel today and it's a true blessing. Your voice, music and images are calming and beautiful. I would love to share more of your garden. Thank you.
Thank you so much! I’m working on my next video now. Sorry it’s a slow channel. Hope to see you soon 😊
This was such a beautiful video to stumble on.
Loved watching the pond come to life and congratulations on becoming a rice dish mom.
How sweet of you to think of baby fishes' safety.god bless.its soothing to see them
Thank you! I ended up to emotionally attached to the fish...
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Thx for sharing my dear friend 🤩 👍 1839🙏⚘️, enjoy watching to the end 🍵 😊 😀.
God bless 🙌 🙏 ❤️ 💖 ✨️.
Thank you
I love the Japanese water bamboo sound
Yes, it’s relaxing 💕
Thank you for sharing your experience. I love your baby fish rooms! I honor you!
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Thank you so much❣️I am making a new video for update, hope to see you soon 😊
I love it! Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden! 🥰🐟❤️🎏
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed this video 💕
Ur video is a healing therapy. Blessed to find them.
Thank you so so much! It was not easy to make this garden, but you made me feel rewarded. Thank you! 💕
I love this! My son has a half finished koi pond. Been thinking about finishing it myself as he seems to be too busy. Would love to do one of these pots on my second floor deck also. Absolutely beautiful. So peaceful 💟
I love koi fish! I used to have them at my parents’ house in Japan. Thanks for your comment 😍
You have such a peaceful voice, this video took me on a beautiful journey, ty
Awww 🥰 thank you so much!
Hello from New Zealand.
Fantastic pond. The overflow hole is a brilliant idea.
Thank you 😊 The overflow hole works well.
this is SO relaxing!! and the videos of the countryside are beautiful!! love hearing about your heritage :-)
Owww thank you so much 😊 💕
I like your mini pond. Well dome. And you have a great garden. Greetings from a german fan of Medaka.
Than you so so much for your lovely comment from Germany. I have been to Germany long time ago and loved it so much!
It took a long time (and a bit of injury...😅) to make the garden, and I think Medaka pond is the highlight of it 😉
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Köszönöm szépen a filmedet!
Nagyon jó volt veled tölteni ezt a kis időt !
További szép estét!
További jó kertészkedést !
Vidám èv utolsó èjszakát kívànok neked ,családodnak, barátaidnak!
Üdvözöllek tèged a másik oldalról!🙂👋
This was beautiful and so peaceful. Thank you for sharing. 🥰
Thank you for finding and watching this video 💕
"Seal the bottom holes with glue gun because I've seen it on some video." HAHAHAHA That's one relatable line! I'll learn a lot from this video. Thanks!
Hahaha 😅 I’ve learnt that not all of the videos give me the tips that work for me. But it’s good to learn from mistakes and I share them with others 😊
Lovely Plants ^^
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This is delightful. Im making one of these soon and was going.to add goldfish but needed a pump. These little fish are perfect..I'm hoping I can get them in London. Thank you for all your tips.
Thank you! Rice fish are beautiful. There are so many varieties. If you are lucky, you may be able to find red ones which look like small & slim version of goldfish 😊💕
Precioso ........pero no pones filtro ni bomba de agua para oxigenar?
Gracias 😊
Esta es una forma tradicional japonesa muy antigua de disfrutar el pescado de arroz. Se basa en la capacidad natural de filtración y oxigenación de las plantas. Pero puede agregar su filtro si lo desea. El pez arroz japonés no vive en agua con corriente, por lo que debe evitar crear demasiada corriente en su estanque que agote a los peces.
Very cool! You could also burn the edges of the hole with a lighter to prevent any sharp edges that could scratch the fish, leading to infections
That's a great tip!! Thank you!
Beautiful pond! 👍❤️
Thank you 🙏
Beautiful pond! I've got a few container ponds on my balcony with Medaka too. Glad to see you changed from hot glue to epoxy, hot glue breaks down and releases toxins apparently so epoxy or pure silicone are best.
You’ve got medaka too! They are so lovely. Thank you for the info about glue! It’s been no leaking and good 😊
Beautiful little pond. I am preparing to do a medaka rice fish mini pond too, once the weather warms a bit more.
Thank you 😊 Medaka fish are so pretty. I bet you will love them!
Beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to make the video.
Oh my pleasure. Thank you so much for watching this video!
What a beautiful video...your gentleness and the baby room!! So sweet🐟🐟
Thank you ❣️Little fish are so pretty 🐟 🐟
Hi, I have a Japanese garden in my backyard and also have a Koi pond. (About 1000 gallons) Your video has inspired me to make a mini pond just like yours. Thank you for making this video!
Wow your Japanese garden sounds amazing! At my parents place in Tokyo, they had a koi pond. I love koi too. Thank you for watching 😊
Pretty fish and a beautiful garden
Thank you 😊
Beautiful pond. Very relaxing video
Thank you very much!
Proud to see made in Malaysia
Malaysian products are good!
Love your voice. A beautiful pond. 🌸
Thank you! I have lots of rice fish now 😊
I use half a whisky barrel. perfect for me to be able to create a toxic soup, mosquito heaven here in the UK. so frustrating, but i keep trying.
We’ve got lots of mosquitoes here too 😩 Rice fish eat mosquito larvae, so sometimes people use them to reduce mosquitoes. But mosquito larvae can eat rice fish fry, also it is true that just having extra water outside increases mosquitoes. Whisky barrel sounds great 👍 I have seen whisky barrel style pots made of plastic at Bunnings (DIY shop), and tempted to get it so many times! Good luck 😉
good morning, thanks for the nice video. I am Italian, but I have been in love with martial arts and Japan since I was a child. Now I dream of reproducing a Japanese garden and I have more Medaka. I hope to find long-finned medaka as well. Thank you.
Your comment made my day! Thank you so much 😊 Long-finned medaka is beautiful. Hope you can find them!
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What a beautiful pond you've created! Could you please tell me what the creeper plant on the outside of the pond is? The one that is growing up the side and along the path.
Many thanks.
Thank you for your comment. The creeper plant is Callisia Repens (Creeping Inchplant). It grows very very well here. It's a type of succulent and great ground cover. There are some variations in colour. Some are pink, some are purple, or gold. My one is goldish green but backside of the leaves are purple.
Hi from the UK🇬🇧. I really enjoyed the video.👍🏿👏🏿
Very soothing to watch. I have been thinking of having a pond in a large ceramic plant pot but hadn't thought of adding fish to it. A lovely idea. Thank you for sharing.😃
Thank you for watching this video 😊 it’s nice to see little fish swimming in a mini pond💕
Nice one. I was actually looking for videos on this topic. Planning a “Mediterranean” version of the same idea in my garden using halved wine barrels. Thinking about putting two at different heights and an solar powered electric pump to circulate water from the bottom to the top one.
Wow! It sounds like a beautiful idea! If you are planning to put ricefish in that pond, I think it’s better to adjust the water to fall gently not to have too much stream in the pond. If there is some area where fish can avoid the current, it’s ok 👍 Also solar powered pump probably stops working during the night and can give a fish quiet sleep time😊
@@livelovelaughdiy Probably Northern Europe is too cold for ricefish… I will try with small goldfish that I can put in an aquarium indoors during winter.
@@VG-re1bj Small goldfish grow quite large and can live for a decade ( or two!).They need a pond or 75 gal tank at adulthood.
@@YSLRD Thanks a lot for the tip! I think the big one where I plan to put them barely holds more than 110L. I’ll investigate alternatives. I am still waiting for the pomp I ordered and I started with the bog filter. Fish will come last when everything is ready.
the pond is so pretty and the fish are so cute! Thank you for your video- it was so informative! I have a ~50 liter planter at home and I was inspired me to make one for my backyard. My only concern was that my planter would be too deep (it is 17 inches/43 centimeters) so I was wondering what the dimensions of your pot were, for reference. love from CA!
My pot's depth is similar to yours. Rice fish don't seem to mind the depth, they can live in a deep pot as long as they have wide enough area. But if they are close to the bottom, you can't see them.
The Japanese garden is amazing and the mini fish pond is perfect. Just wondering since the pond is in outdoor, could the rice fish survive during winter? Do you need to change water regularly?
Hi 😊 thank you for your comment & questions. Japanese rice fish can handle very cold water. I live in Gold Coast in Australia where the water never freezes even in the coldest day. So they are just fine. I don't know how the climate is like in winter in your area, but they can survive cold water under a thin layer of ice. Actually I've just uploaded a video about winter pond, you can check this video for the details 😉 ruclips.net/video/_htZakHSvU8/видео.html
Regarding the water change, I used to change water once/ 2-3 weeks to keep it clean from algae in summer with this mini pond (you don't need any water change in winter), but I upgraded it to a bigger patio pond with more plants and substrate last year and I changed water only once a year! My fish are happy and they reproduced a lot! The natural ecosystem must have worked well in the bigger patio pond. I have the video about my new pond if you like to know how I look after my fish. ruclips.net/video/-VuSHOJeZnc/видео.html
どうもありがとうございます for sharing. Made my day and a new project 😊
どういたしまして！Your lovely comment made my day! I made a new rice fish pond, and making a video about it now. Hope I can show you soon 😉💕
Thank You for taking the time to create and share this wonderfully creative and informational video with us all ❤️
Thank you so much for your beautiful comment! That made my day 💕
This video was so beautiful. I loved it. Thank you so much.
Thank you 🙏 💕
Lovely place....if only my father wasn't against my ideas, I should had a garden like your.
Thank you! Hope your father changes his mind...😆
Hi! Your mini pond is beautiful! I have 4 cats and I noticed you used a cover at first, but then you didn't. Do cats get used to the pond and not bother the fish after a while?
You are spot on with your guess! I have 3 cats now, but back then I had two. Those two cats got used to the pond in the end. When I got a new one, I started using the cover again because the new cat was a curious kitten 😹 I use a bamboo shade cover when it's heavily raining.
@@livelovelaughdiy That's great!! I was worried about having to cover it all the time!
@@liryc24 I understand, the cover doesn't look good. As my pond plants grow, they give the fish more hiding areas. I think that helped to protect them too. If your pond doesn't have much hiding area, and the colour of the fish stands out, you'd better have a cover because the cover also protect fish from birds as well (depends on where you live though).
Wow Thank you I will be trying this with love from another Gold Coaster
Thank you 😊 Just a note, Japanese rice fish (medaka) can handle cold water if they are adult, but small fish may not be able to make it in winter. Also when it’s cold, they spend most of the time sitting at the bottom and don’t move much. So if your pond is deep, you may not be able to see them much. A lot of people start setting this kind of pond from spring in Japan. I think spring is the easiest season 😉
Hello Friend! I'm from Brazil and I really liked your planted mini pond. It was wonderful, because you are very talented and creative. I am also setting up a mini planted pond of approximately 1300 liters, here in Brazil, where I will put some fish. I will follow you and I subscribed to your channel. Cheers and bring us more movies, ok?!
Thank youuu❣️I love creative things. My next video may not be so soon (sorry, I am a slow creator...) but I definitely want to make more videos. Wow your pond is a big pond. It sounds so exciting. Love to see it!
So beautiful, i want to make one like you but inside because of harsh winters
Indoor pond is nice too! Thank you for watching this video :)
Beautiful, thank you, love the cats too.
Thank you! 😊My youngest cat is so playful.
great video and inspirational too. shows you can make a pond easily
Thank you 😊
Thanks! May i ask what happens when it comes to cold winter? Do you need a heater while putting the pot outdoor?
I moved my ricefish to a fish tank inside last winter. But Japanese ricefish are tolerant with cold water. They can survive during the winter. They usually slow down eating when the water temperature drops. When it’s very cold, they don’t eat, don’t move much to save energy. They can survive even under ice but if it’s too cold and the whole water gets frozen, they die. Also, little fish are weaker, so they may not handle well with cold water. So we don’t normally use heater for this fish. Hope this info is helpful 😊
Sangat suka... Very simple... Subscribed done
Thank you 😊 Yes, this method is very old traditional Japanese way. It’s very simple.
How do you clean the water or oxygenate the water
Do you use any sort of filter or a pump?
Or just the water plants doing the job?
The open shaped bowl exposes water surface to the air, so air always dissolve in the water, and rice fish don’t need the pump. Yes, plants act like a filter and help to oxygenate the water too. You can install a pump if you want, but the fish don’t like strong stream, so you need to make sure to give them the area with no stream.
This was so satisfying :) I am adopting rice fish this week!
That’s exciting! You are gonna love your new fish 💕
Planning to make my own mini pond! Your video is very inspiring! Thank you
Thank you 😊 You are gonna love the mini pond 🐟 It’s therapeutic.
Great video! I’m about to set up my first mini pond for rice fish and this inspired me :)
Thank you so much 😊 You will love your new pond! Rice fish are lovely💕
Beautiful and relaxing video!
Thank you very much 😊🙏
This was a really nice video, very calming! The baby fish nursery is such a clever idea too! Can't wait to give this a go myself 💕
Thank you 😊 Watching little fish swimming in a mini pond is therapeutic 💕
Thanks for such an informational video. well done!
Thank you for watching this video 😊
Nice! The bottomtray would exactually work fine as a part of bio/bogfilter. Only not with fine gravel but pebbles 😉
I see, it makes sense! Thank you 😊
@@livelovelaughdiy let the water come in under that tray. How is your beatiful space doing? I also love the white pebbles with the flagstones, very Zen. 👍
Thank you!! I tried to make this space like a Japanese zen garden. My bamboo fountain is getting dirty but the plants are growing to cover the ground and looking nice now 😊
This video is amazing!! I love this and you!
Owww, thank you so much!
Lovely pond. Love your bamboo fountain too. All the best
Thank you! You too!
いいですよねー、今自分の庭にメダカの池を作りたい。色もとても鮮やかになったしね〜
メダカ、癒されますね。本場の日本は色んな種類がいて憧れます❤️池もステキでしょうねー♪
I'm doing this! One question though; is the hot glue strong enough to hold water? I've always had it deteriorate from water or liquids. Might try it with silicone. I actually have a few different pots to choose from. Some with and some without drainage holes.
Have you done this with any other fish? I want to get a few set up. Rice fish, American flatfish, guppies, platies, mollies, even try some female bettas outside in a protected area. I think it could be great, as I live in a similar climate to Gold Coast, but opposite hemisphere: San Diego, in Southern California🌈🌊🌞😂 - Erik
I don’t recommend to use hot glue. My pot had a peg to seal the hole, so I placed it and fixed with epoxy glue. It’s has been no leak. I haven’t try other fish, but my friend had some guppies in the similar pond, so I think guppies are ok (actually they breed a lot in the pond!). Female bettas sound nice 😊 Thank you for your lovely comment from California 🌞🌞🌞
Tq for sharing. Looking forward to your video. Now I found a 'new' friend. Love from Selangor, Malaysia ❤
Thank you 🙏 I have visited Johor Bahru Temple in Malaysia long time ago 😊
@@livelovelaughdiy That's interesting. I used to stay in Johor Bahru. Now I've moved to Selangor.
Wow, what a great idea!
Cute fishes and cats! ✨✨
Thank you 😊 my cats are so curious…
I just found inspiration and totally wanna do this too! Thank you for this video!
I am so glad you liked this! Thank you for watching this video 😊
@@livelovelaughdiy Hi! How do you know which plants can sit in the water? Like the one's in the inner terra cotta? Haha I have no idea, thank you.
@@jt.633 I bought the plant (swamp pepper) from aquatic plant section. The other one which I got from my backyard was weed. But I found it growing in the pond, so I just guessed it should be ok in the water, and it was ok 👍 actually you can try many different plants. If you don’t immerse whole pot, some types of mint grow, pothos can be ok too 😊
I'm less than one minute in, and I love this
Thank you 😊 So happy that you enjoyed this video!
Beautiful love your video so relaxing looking at it 🙏😻👍
Thank you 😻💕
Thanks!
Wow 😮 thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
This is so beautiful! You did an amazing job! I'm inspired!
I’m so glad you liked it! Thank you for watching this video.
love your video hope you keep us up to date on your fish
I am making the update video now. It will be there by the next weekend. Hope to see you there soon ❣️
Should we change water regularly to prevent algae from growing?
Great video 👍👍
I cleaned the pond and changed water regularly, but the frequency depends on the season. If it’s summer, I change water more often than cold season. You seldom need to change water in winter. I received a comment from Japan on this video. She said that if I can place akadama soil in the pond, I don’t need to change water. Actually I looked for it, but couldn’t find it here. I don’t know where you live, but if you can find it, it may help to reduce your work.
I love this video and I love your cats.. omg their faces so cuteee
Thank you 😊 We got a new kitten, hope I can show you my playful kitten on the next video 😆
❤ Absolutely beautiful ❤ hi from Texas USA
Thank you for your kind greeting from Texas!
@@livelovelaughdiy my pleasure, I’ll be waiting for your New Video. Hi from Texas
So beautiful. Video making thanks
Thanks to you!
I am curious how you clean your pond and how it maintains itself without a pump? I want to install a mini pond of my own but most videos I watch say a pump needs to be installed. Any help you can provide is very much appreciated!!
When I clean my mini pond, I use a gravel cleaner (vacuum tube) to clean the gravel and get rid of dirty water at the bottom (probably 1/3 of pond water) then scrape algae inside of the pond with sponge or scouring pad (my one has a long stick, so I don't have to put my hand in water. Also it is easier to wipe off the algae when water is not so deep). Wait for half hour+ (normally I clean other fish tank during the time), then use the gravel cleaner again to remove more dirty water. After that I add new clean water not more than old water. If it doesn't fill up the pond, I add the rest of the new water next day because I don't want to fill new water more than half at once.
Regarding the pump, you can install it in your pond. But ricefish generally live in still water, and the swim against the stream. So if there is constant water stream in the pond, the fish have to fight against the stream constantly, and it exhausts them. But if there is a still area, they can avoid the stream. So you can use the pump. But I think its better to adjust the flow level low for them 😃
Beautifully made tutorial.. wonderful project 😻🙏🏽
Thank you 💕💕💕
I love your videos, keep them coming 🙏
Thank youuuu🙏🙏🙏
Amazing!! Can't wait to make my first one!! Thank you!!
Thank you! Yes, it’s so exciting to make a mini pond 💕
Beautiful! Love this!
Thank you so much!
Meraviglioso ❤️
Grazie!
Super idea! 😍
Thank you 😆
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL WTF I WANT THIS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Thank you! Glad you liked my mini pond 😊
It's beautiful ❤️
Thank you 😊
I love this pond so much! Could you please show how you made the cover? What material is that?I’m looking for something similar for my mini pond.
Thank you :) I used a piece of wire mesh panel to make the cover. I cut the panel in a bigger circle than the pond's diameter with wire cutter, and put it on the pond then folded the edge to fit on top of the pond. Sometimes, I used bamboo shade (cut out in a size to cover the pond) when I want to shut from sunlight, or heavy rain.
Liked your idea!!! But how often do you clean your pond?? Can you make a video on how to maintain!!
I cleaned this mini pond once/2-3 wk when it’s warm, but now it’s winter here and my fish are often sleeping at the bottom and don’t eat much so I seldom need to clean the pond 😅
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Beautiful!
Thank you 😊
Lovely video, thank you for sharing
Thank you so much for finding and watching this video 😊
So peaceful ❤️
Thank you 😊
Thanks a beautiful idea
Thank you for watching this video ❣️
Great Video! Thank you! Where do you get the net for protecting your Pond?
Thank you! I got the wire mesh from Bunnings Warehouse. Are you in Australia? I found the wire mesh panel at chicken wire section.
@@livelovelaughdiy Thank you very much! :)
really well done
Thank you 😊
This was so lovely to watch. Thank you!
Thank you for finding & watching this video 💕
Beautiful
Thank you 😊 💕
Ahhh very nice. Well done 👍🏼
Thank you 🙏 💕