I really like the new set up and its good to see you still taking care of these lil rice fish. Sorry, had to watch this a few times because its fascinating to learn and take notes!! Hope you are having a great weekend.
Love this video. Its so nice to be able to see the mini ponds up close, and the video is so clear! One of the videos that helped me make my mini ponds. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Great set up! I absolutely LOVE Medaka rice fish ❤. It’s winter here in Melbourne Australia so mine are sitting very still at the moment.. I can’t wait till spring when I can transfer them into a larger pond I have ready for them! I cannot get water hyacinth here, but have plenty of plants etc.. Nice video thank you!😊
To have an opening from the floating plants I’ve had great luck getting airline tubing and gluing the ends or connecting both ends with a check valve. Always floats and you can make any size or multiple ones for feeding! Great work
I have a group of Youkihi medaka. They're supposed to be a solid orange, but about half of them have a koi pattern. I have a very large group of fry growing out. I plan to try separating out the two color forms for future breeding. BTW, the green water in the round bowl is actually good for the fish. It's especially good for any fry that hatch out. Due to the harsh winters in Wisconsin, I can't leave my medaka outside year round. The ponds would freeze solid.
Your medaka sound beautiful! I would love to have more koi like patterns! Yup I have read around that some breeders prefer to hatch their fry in the green water. I have had a thin layer of ice on my ponds but definitely can’t let it freeze solid!! Thanks again for the great comments! I appreciate it!
I almost never change the water....only replace once it get low. The plant to a great job at filtering so now worries. That being said...you can change it about once every two weeks or so... Thanks again.
I love the simple easy way you did this , no fancy set up either . Wonderful. I have a question? I live in Tucson Arizona, would it be too hot for the Rice fish ? What’s the dimensions of the container ?
You could definitely keep them in Tucson! Just make sure your container is large enough or mainly deep enough so the medaka can swim to the bottom for cooler water! They love the sun but will also need some shade in a hot summer! Not sure of exact dimensions sorry! Best of luck!
No need to get an acrylic ring, just get some nice and straight airline tubing and join both ends with an airline male to male connector and voilà you have a floaty ring thing.
Nice set-ups! How many litres on average are they? I'm on the hunt for some nice shallow round containers like the ones in your video, in the UK for my desktop, but not having much luck!
Thanks for the comment! You can keep Medaka in almost anything! haha! I breed medaka and have kept babies in a old pickle Jar before moving them to something larger. My smaller bowls are about 8-12 liters. One more thing to mention is that Medaka are great Jumpers! If you have something too shallow I would recommend some type of covering to keep them in.
All my Medaka Tanks Outside dont have soil of just like 2cm and I just Stared and stared at the Screen while you were putting like 5 different ones inside one tank😂😂
Hey thanks for the comment! I might do something like that but I haven’t ever kept any fish inside before. One of the main reasons is that medaka love natural sunlight. Even so I might think about a little setup. Thanks for the comment and Idea!
Can snails and/or shrimp be added to take care of the algae? Are there any types that can handle the same weather (overwintering particularly) as the rice fish?
Hey thanks for the comment! I definitely have snails in my setups. Eventually want to add a few shrimp for sure. Kinda depends on your winters. For me in southern Japan our winters aren’t very harsh, rarely below zero ever. Hopefully its helps! Thanks again!
Wow great!!! I would love to start with medaka's as well. Right now I have a pond with four goldfish. My question with Medaka's seems a little stupid but I do wonder...if the little fish breed so well you have to always separate the fry from the elderly but you can't go on and on putting more containers. In other words how can you prevent inbreeding? I once had a population of guppies that were accumulating so fast certain individuals had developed bend tails😢
@@Come2JapanDan Not sure about that. Even I go for google search , I can't find out the result. Might be the genetic problem from medaka.😂Sadly, this white swelling disease slowly killed my medaka.
oh no That’s no good! The only other thing I can think of is maybe a parasite... what is it kept outside? what were the overall conditions of the set up?
@@Come2JapanDan I kept them outdoor ,just with some floating plants and a lily plant. I used green water to keep them. The fish food that I used was Marubeni Nisshin powder. Not many of them will get the disease, but if get, the white swelling part will slowly spread. When I kept the 1st gen be4, they dont have those kind of problem. 2nd gen and onwards all started to have this disease😂
@Come2Japan ok I have 50 fry growing well but currently in a smaller tupperware container, the test is detecting small amounts of ammonia, I'm going to move them into a bigger container, do I need a sponge filter or would plants and small lava stones be enough for beneficial bacteria, and thanks for helping, I will check out your other videos
@DetectiveLopez. I personally would definitely move them to a much larger bowl. Also I have never used sponge filters or lava rock, so I can’t give you any advice there. I just use various water plants and tend to have great results. Medaka are super sturdy so a variety of methods are definitely ok. Thanks again for reaching out!
I live near Tokyo and I have a small patio ceramic pond. Is commercial patio pond soil available?? There is a Joyful Honda near near me with water plants and fish. I have some water plants but they are still in their pots when I bought them several years ago. I would like to replant them into some soil. Also, I want to add Medaka. Right now I have some plants and no fish and horrible, horrible scum or glop, don’t know what to call it, growing all over the surface of the water. I don’t know how to get rid of it. I remove it by hand, but it comes back. Do you have any advice??
Any aqua soil should be fine as that is what i use. Sounds like you have algae. I would say to definitely wash off all of the plants and do regular 50% water changes probably once a week or so to help get rid of it
I wish i can do that here.. the first thing people ask when i try to buy a fish is "how big is your fish tank" And all the lecture of don'ts follow.. and it's frustrating.. honestly i just want a fish to enjoy..
That’s unfortunate… I have heard you can do this with guppies too, but definitely do some research of your own. Thanks again for the comment and best of luck!
@@Come2JapanDan I've used straws, they work okay but things escape sometimes. I think the airline tubing is better. If you used it in the video I apologize I may have missed it.
I basically don’t have to do anything….only make sure the water doesn’t freeze solid and break up the top layer to provide air holes. Medaka are super hardy fish that can withstand a huge range of temperatures.
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Love these videos. So chill. Great setup.
Thanks man!
Rice fish are honestly awesome finally got mine to start breeding this season and they have been laying nonstop! Seen my first fry today 😁
Awesome!! yea they are quick breeders!! Glad you are enjoying them!
Are they live bearer?
They lay eggs on water plants. Thanks for the comment.
I really like the new set up and its good to see you still taking care of these lil rice fish. Sorry, had to watch this a few times because its fascinating to learn and take notes!! Hope you are having a great weekend.
Thanks Dev! Yea Medaka are great little fish! Always a pleasure to see your comments!
Wow.. Need to watch your medaka playlist.. Please keep posting about your fish ponds..
Will do !! Have another big scape planned!!
I love Medakas too. They're beautiful and super easy to take care of. Really enjoying your videos, and thanks for the underwater footage!
Hey Thanks! I need to make more of these videos!
Love this video. Its so nice to be able to see the mini ponds up close, and the video is so clear! One of the videos that helped me make my mini ponds. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks for the kind words and glad they help! Mini ponds are the best~!
Sick in water shots at 10:45. What'd you use?
Just upgraded to an I phone 12 and stuck the old Iphone 8 right in the water! no case or anything! Lol! going to do it more often!
I love that you have mix color medaka in your pond, hopefully they'll breed with wonderful fry. Great scape.
They actually did breed multicolor Medaka!!! They’re really cute!! Thanks again for the comment!
Great set up! I absolutely LOVE Medaka rice fish ❤. It’s winter here in Melbourne Australia so mine are sitting very still at the moment.. I can’t wait till spring when I can transfer them into a larger pond I have ready for them! I cannot get water hyacinth here, but have plenty of plants etc.. Nice video thank you!😊
Thanks so much for the kind words!!! Best of luck!!!
You can use a piece of air line tubing and an air tube connecter for a feeding ring nice ponds ❤
Thanks so much!!!
Your fish look wonderful! Envy, envy!
Haha thanks!!!
Absolutely amazing set up.
Thanks!!!!
Underwater scenes are the bests. This is a lovely fish. I hope i can find un México.
Thanks for the comment!!!
To have an opening from the floating plants I’ve had great luck getting airline tubing and gluing the ends or connecting both ends with a check valve. Always floats and you can make any size or multiple ones for feeding! Great work
Hey thanks for the tips! Also thanks for the comment!
@@Come2JapanDan No problem keep up the awesome work!
Any update on the pond.. love mini ponds and rice fish..
This is a very good setup on the balcony.
Hey Thanks for the comment! It has grown in nicely! I plan on doing an update video very soon!
I just came from the previous Medaka videos and was wondering when a new one would be, and here I am.
Hahaha!! thanks again for checking it out!
Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed watching this set up. I want to do this soon.
Its really not too hard!! Go for it!
I have a group of Youkihi medaka. They're supposed to be a solid orange, but about half of them have a koi pattern. I have a very large group of fry growing out. I plan to try separating out the two color forms for future breeding.
BTW, the green water in the round bowl is actually good for the fish. It's especially good for any fry that hatch out.
Due to the harsh winters in Wisconsin, I can't leave my medaka outside year round. The ponds would freeze solid.
Your medaka sound beautiful! I would love to have more koi like patterns! Yup
I have read around that some breeders prefer to hatch their fry in the green water. I have had a thin layer of ice on my ponds but definitely can’t let it freeze solid!! Thanks again for the great comments! I appreciate it!
very cool nice set up love these Lil fish
Hey thanks for the comment!! They are great!!
Sorry my English, but how often you must change the water?
I almost never change the water....only replace once it get low.
The plant to a great job at filtering so now worries.
That being said...you can change it about once every two weeks or so...
Thanks again.
@@Come2JapanDan thank you.
Definitely going to do this . Thanks mate 😉
My pleasure! These are great little fish to keep!
…Hydrocotyle vulgaris aka..water coins, great plants in that family grow well and great to look at.
Hey Thankd for the comment!
Love it!
Awesome thanks!
I love the simple easy way you did this , no fancy set up either . Wonderful.
I have a question? I live in Tucson Arizona, would it be too hot for the Rice fish ? What’s the dimensions of the container ?
You could definitely keep them in Tucson! Just make sure your container is large enough or mainly deep enough so the medaka can swim to the bottom for cooler water! They love the sun but will also need some shade in a hot summer! Not sure of exact dimensions sorry! Best of luck!
No need to get an acrylic ring, just get some nice and straight airline tubing and join both ends with an airline male to male connector and voilà you have a floaty ring thing.
Awesome!! Thanks again for the info!
Dude, it's about time 😍😍👏
Haha! thanks! I have been uploading on my second channel a lot lately! stoked for this setup!
@@Come2JapanDan how about a tour of medaka farms, fish stores, specialty shops? 😁👍
I would love to find a medaka farm for sure! thanks for the suggestions!
Nice set-ups! How many litres on average are they?
I'm on the hunt for some nice shallow round containers like the ones in your video, in the UK for my desktop, but not having much luck!
Thanks for the comment! You can keep Medaka in almost anything! haha! I breed medaka and have kept babies in a old pickle Jar before moving them to something larger. My smaller bowls are about 8-12 liters. One more thing to mention is that Medaka are great Jumpers! If you have something too shallow I would recommend some type of covering to keep them in.
Go to B&Q ... that’s where I got mine from or somewhere like IKEA
I managed to get a nice container sorted out, thanks for the replies!
Thats great! would love to see what you’ve got!
All my Medaka Tanks Outside dont have soil of just like 2cm and I just Stared and stared at the Screen while you were putting like 5 different ones inside one tank😂😂
Hey thanks for the comment!!!
can you do another video for a similar system for a fishtank for maybe a bed room?
Hey thanks for the comment! I might do something like that but I haven’t ever kept any fish inside before. One of the main reasons is that medaka love natural sunlight. Even so I might think about a little setup. Thanks for the comment and Idea!
Nice to meet you I am korean....
thanks for the comment!!!
@@Come2JapanDan 😄👍👍
@@daewoong8563 Do you keep Medaka?! Thanks again for the comment!
@@Come2JapanDan yes. I have a medaka and guppy
Oh guppies are beautiful and easy to keep as well!!
Can you do an update with your medaka fry?
Wonder how many ponds thst deck can hold before it effects the structural integrity
Thanks for the comment! Will be sure not to over do it! 😂
Love your channel I'm just discovering ricefish and my current adhd obsession is indoor tiny ponds lol
@kaylaaustin3839 haha Thanks! They are great!!!
Can snails and/or shrimp be added to take care of the algae? Are there any types that can handle the same weather (overwintering particularly) as the rice fish?
Hey thanks for the comment! I definitely have snails in my setups. Eventually want to add a few shrimp for sure. Kinda depends on your winters. For me in southern Japan our winters aren’t very harsh, rarely below zero ever. Hopefully its helps! Thanks again!
That's really helpful, thank you!
My pleasure!!! Thanks again for the comment and checking out my videos!!!
Wow great!!! I would love to start with medaka's as well. Right now I have a pond with four goldfish.
My question with Medaka's seems a little stupid but I do wonder...if the little fish breed so well you have to always separate the fry from the elderly but you can't go on and on putting more containers. In other words how can you prevent inbreeding? I once had a population of guppies that were accumulating so fast certain individuals had developed bend tails😢
To be honest I am not really sure…. That being said I have introduced new medaka from time to time into the population. Thanks again for the comment!
@@Come2JapanDan thanks for your reply! Then that will be the answer I guess, introducing new bloodlines from to time.
Is the clay substrate lightly fired? How do they not turn the water to mud ?
Yea i think it was fired! Thanks again for the comment!
Setting up a 1000 liter medaka pond with grow wall for the green tree frogs to breed in too.
Wow sounds amazing!!! Best of luck!!!
Nice medaka
Thanks for the comment! No I have never had any problems with that at all... I wonder what could be wrong?
@@Come2JapanDan Not sure about that. Even I go for google search , I can't find out the result. Might be the genetic problem from medaka.😂Sadly, this white swelling disease slowly killed my medaka.
oh no That’s no good! The only other thing I can think of is maybe a parasite... what is it kept outside? what were the overall conditions of the set up?
@@Come2JapanDan I kept them outdoor ,just with some floating plants and a lily plant. I used green water to keep them. The fish food that I used was Marubeni Nisshin powder. Not many of them will get the disease, but if get, the white swelling part will slowly spread. When I kept the 1st gen be4, they dont have those kind of problem. 2nd gen and onwards all started to have this disease😂
Did a quick search found this website! hopefully it helps! www.medakanoouchi.com/howto/sick.html.en
Do you keep them outside in the winter? What do you do to maintain them thru the cold?
Yup they stay outside year round! As long as the water is deep enough and you don’t let it freeze solid, they are totally fine!
WOW I L♥VE THIS ♥♥♥
Awesome!! Thanks!
Do you do any water changes on the green tub ?
Yup but very minimal…. Once only 10-12 days and very minimal changes…thanks for the comment!
@Come2Japan ok I have 50 fry growing well but currently in a smaller tupperware container, the test is detecting small amounts of ammonia, I'm going to move them into a bigger container, do I need a sponge filter or would plants and small lava stones be enough for beneficial bacteria, and thanks for helping, I will check out your other videos
@DetectiveLopez. I personally would definitely move them to a much larger bowl. Also I have never used sponge filters or lava rock, so I can’t give you any advice there. I just use various water plants and tend to have great results. Medaka are super sturdy so a variety of methods are definitely ok. Thanks again for reaching out!
@Come2Japan No thank you 👍
More rice fish video!
sure thing!!! thanks for the comment !
What is this container you used? Id like to acquire something similar.
This is just a garden bin for soil mixing… you can find at most garden sections I would imagine…thanks for the comment!
will this fish be ok in cold weather for outside pond?
Yup! I did a short video showing that my water started to ice up and they were fine! just make sure the water doesn’t completely freeze over!
@@Come2JapanDan let me check that video rn, thanks bro
here is the link if you need! ruclips.net/video/BgYyqErFtos/видео.html
What plant is that in 1:37 ?
Hey thanks for the comment! It a Rotala plant. Not sure if the variety as there are many!! Thanks again!
First. Ages!
Nice shirt!
Haha! thanks man! I set it up and there is no way I couldn’t have a camera on!!
what do you do when maintaining the pond.. I've tried two attempts to take care of it but it's dying and there are many shells to live?
I do regular water changes, and scrub but that’s about it.
Can I put Japanese rice fish together with rosy Barb in the same pond?
Thanks for the comment! I apologize i don’t know anything about Rosy Barb, but I can tell you that medaka are not aggressive fish.
I live near Tokyo and I have a small patio ceramic pond. Is commercial patio pond soil available?? There is a Joyful Honda near near me with water plants and fish. I have some water plants but they are still in their pots when I bought them several years ago. I would like to replant them into some soil.
Also, I want to add Medaka. Right now I have some plants and no fish and horrible, horrible scum or glop, don’t know what to call it, growing all over the surface of the water. I don’t know how to get rid of it. I remove it by hand, but it comes back. Do you have any advice??
Any aqua soil should be fine as that is what i use.
Sounds like you have algae. I would say to definitely wash off all of the plants and do regular 50% water changes probably once a week or so to help get rid of it
@@Come2JapanDan Thanks. I’ll give the plants a wash and change some of the water. And I’ll check out the soil options at Joyful Honda.
How do u clean the water ?
The plants filter the water. I just add more water as it evaporates. Thanks for the comment!
@@Come2JapanDan thank u ! I will try it out !
Go for it!
Can you tell the name of the plant which you forgot what they were called they look nice
I still don’t even know! Haha sorry about that! Thanks again for the comment!
I wish i can do that here.. the first thing people ask when i try to buy a fish is "how big is your fish tank"
And all the lecture of don'ts follow.. and it's frustrating.. honestly i just want a fish to enjoy..
That’s unfortunate… I have heard you can do this with guppies too, but definitely do some research of your own. Thanks again for the comment and best of luck!
Your enthusiasm has convinced me to give these little guys a go in the UK. Though it seems hard to get hold of the little guys over here.
Thanks for the comment!! You will enjoy them! They are great little fish to keep!
Hi, I’m new to medaka
Is it ok to have a bare bottom tub with lotsa of plants?
Yup just fine!!!
@@Come2JapanDan thanks
Hopefully my tub will be a success this time
Best of luck!
Do you still have ricefish?
Yup! Thanks for the comment!
I’m kind of late to the game here but… you can use air lime tubing to make your ring or even straws.
I used air tubing as thats what I had around, straws might work. I think more talented people than myself heat shape Acrylic tubing
@@Come2JapanDan I've used straws, they work okay but things escape sometimes. I think the airline tubing is better. If you used it in the video I apologize I may have missed it.
What do you do with the medaka in the winter?
I basically don’t have to do anything….only make sure the water doesn’t freeze solid and break up the top layer to provide air holes. Medaka are super hardy fish that can withstand a huge range of temperatures.
@@Come2JapanDan that’s good to know. Here it can freeze maybe the top inch or 2 of sitting water. I don’t have any medaka yet, but I’m working on it
Best of luck! Thanks again for the comments!
Bro did you say they’ve been to SPACE??? 😳😳😳 Are we just going to gloss over that little tid-bit!!!
Yup! Medaka are the first animals to breed and give birth in space! Definitely google it! 😊
medaka or maydaka ?
Thanks for the comment! Medaka is usually how it’s spelled using the Alphabet.
Not sure why you believe soil is needed. Fine pebble gravel would be fine. The fish will feed the gravel. Probably less algae.
Thanks for the comment.
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Thanks for the comment!
HI HANDSOME, ill buy a MEDAKA JAPANESE RICE FISH, coz i got a ready small cement fish pond that i made. What 's ur name again please?
Hey thanks for the comment! Unfortunately not in the business of selling medaka. Thanks for asking anyway!
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I hope you didn't use gardening soil in your tub for the fish .There are lots of bad things in gardening soil that can kill fish
Nope used my own natural blend, mostly organic compost…Fish are just fine! Thanks for the comment!