Randomly came across your channel tonight researching medaka. This was just what I needed! excited to check out the rest of your channel, really enjoying it
Hi from Singapore! I'm British,spent a bit of time in Japan. Love it. British sis in law taught at Waseda University. I keep Medaka on my balcony. Gold lame,Blue sparkle, Platinum, Marriage, lots of different kinds.
Thanks for the kind words! It is addictive! I honestly want a bigger pond....but have to save up my husband/dad points to ask the wife!!! She loves them too, but always says “no more”! Haha! Thanks again!
Haha yea!! I started with one pond… then 2…then 3….maxed out at 4! After a while I stopped isolating every time because they breed so fast. Mainly I isolate about once per summer. After those fry grow out a bit I mix them. Lifespan is 2-3 years so like to do it to keep them around.
I really like this set up. I will be doing a different set up but I am very excited about this. I just learned about these Rice fish yesterday. This is up my alley.
Love the channel, I have made several ponds at my mums and at my home. Sadly my mums Medakas are very shy and not showing. Not seen them in stores until recently now I am off to get some more. As for travelling to Japan it is a dream of my partner and I.
Sometimes they can be shy, but some since I spend enough time around my medaka, I feel like they have started to associate me with food. They usually come out when I am around…
What a handsome young man you have, congratulations on your beautiful family! I love seeing you work on the fish containers. They are so much more aestheticly pleasing than a boring tank. Best to you and your family! Looking forward to your next post! Be well my friend 💖
Love these videos, your enthusiasm is infectious. Now I'm going to want to visit medaka ponds when I manage to get to Japan! 😂 Do you divide the water hyacinth when they get too big? Would you do a video about that?
Thanks for the kind words!! I definitely split the water hyacinth, but actually the kinda naturally split themselves… they grow tons of off shoots and it is as easy as pulling them apart. As long as the separated part have roots they do totally fine. Very sturdy plant! Thanks again!
@@Come2JapanDan I wow, I literally just finished watching your video - what a quick response. Thank you, that sounds super easy & perfect for beginners like me. I think I'm going to have to scout my containers and just break down & do this already. :D
I would love to visit. It seems like such a neat place, and the customs are fascinating. I want to learn more about the food and architecture and a LOT more about medaka. I want to raise some, but they aren't really available where I live yet.
Hey Dan, I just stumbled across your channel and I love it. I would love to come2japan some day. For now, I would be happy to get some medaka! I’m having a hard time finding them anywhere here in the states. Keep up the great work!
I am watching this Video for the second time because i like to see how you set up the mini pond and the beginning of the medaka factory :-) Is there some kind of a medaka update? Maybe how they did through this winter? Greetings from Germany
Hey thanks for the comment!! I need to do an update don’t I! Thanks for the comment! They are doing great in the winter. Will try to get something out soon!
This is stunning! I wish i had a hand for plants or fish. I am terrible at both! These are beautiful! Do you ever have to change the water out for them? or do the plants help keep the water in a clean enough state for them to thrive? Jikai made! (I hope I got that right?)
Hello i came across your video im setting up a pond for my yozakura gold medaka how would i look up this pond or could you provide a link to something similar i love the grey stone texture
Hey thanks for the comment! I live in Japan so I bought it here at a local hardware store. Not exactly sure if you could find the same model online or not. Might just try to search for patio ponds. Thanks again!
Love your videos and the medaka ? I found out today that it’s illegal too have water hyacinth In Arizona! I spoke too a fish guy today and he surgested water lily instead .
Yea water Hyacinth is a voracious plant and can overgrown quickly! There are many places it is considered an invasive species! Thanks again for the comment!
That's amazing work, would love to get started something like that on it, too bad its really hard to find medaka here in US. So you have to pay hefty shipping price. Thank you for sharing love those fish and your set up. I am looking forward to find some of these fish and start something as well :)
Aw that’s a bummer! I hope you can find them as they are great low maintenance and strong fish to keep! Likewise I like that I don’t need any filters or aerators or have to use electricity to keep them! Just some water plants and change the water once a month or so!
My LFS carries them and I live in rural PA... plus you can always ask an LFS to order then for you so you can support their business and still not pay shipping.
Super glad I found your RUclips page! It's really hard to find Medaka in the U.S. At least it is in California (The best I could get is ordering them online 6 golden Medaka would be $55 with shipping). I've made a 15 gallon pond out in my balcony with mosquito fish. Fell in love with the look of Medaka ponds and I've decided to start one soon. The only thing is that it's been way too hot for them to live outside, so I would have to wait for it to cool down a bit. I might even keep one in my room next to the window! Thank you for the inspo (:
Hey thanks for the comment!!! Medaka are great fish and such a bummer they charge so much for them! I have absolutely no aeration or filters! Its all water plants! I go in about once every month or so to clean out a little bit but it is very low maintenance!!
@@botanicals9597 That is Awesome! They breed very fast once they get older so you should be able to multiply the amount you have! Very stoked for you! I have a Medaka video coming out in the next day or so! Very excited for it!
Nope I keep them outdoor all year long even in winter! The fish are just fine! They only thing is to make sure the water doesn’t freeze solid. I am lucky to live in an area of Japan that has mild winters! Thanks again!
Nice setups I want some like these. I’m barely coming into the Medaka hobby but I was wondering what soil do you use for your planted water plants? Such as that Water coin. Will any fertilizer work or will some harm the fish?
Thanks for the comment. Definitely do your own research as I wouldn’t want to harm your fish. That being said I make my own compost and use that. I also use aqua soils that you can usually find at local pet shops. Best of luck!
Hey Thanks for the comment! Most times yes! Other times I just guess...Another way to tell is to look carefully at your Medaka. I hangout out with them everyday for a while & when I notice a mama fish has eggs one day, and then she doesn’t the next, it is a good time to carefully pull a plant with the same water or at least 50-60% of the same water it came from. Again, I am just an amateur hobby breeder but as you can tell from my video, I have had great success! Best of luck!
Currently I also kept some medaka. They looked really nice. So what kind of food did you feed for your medaka baby fishes? Just keep them inside the green water?
I feed them baby medaka food! Here in Japan since they are very popular they have special food that is almost like a powder. You can use pretty much any fish food but will need to grind it up a little bit for babies!
One more thing. The Japanese lady I bought my 12 juveniles from said I need aeration for the fry. I didn't see this for your very young fry. I have several other plants that I think should aerate them well enough: lily, elodea, frogbit....I hope. Such a sweet son you have. Best wishes.
I am not sure about the aeration as i don’t use it. As you can see in my video I have so many baby fish, almost too many! I think if you have enough plants you should be fine. Thanks again.
Thanks for your reply. I see I accidently deleted my first account/comment to you of my experiences with my new hobby with Medaka and how I am so excited to have these new eggs come in the mail this morning. I have green water and ''First Bites'' that I found here in England and might have some success with infusoria. I think your fry must get the infusoria and algae from the roots of your amazing water hyanciths. I may get some water lettuce which is ok here in the UK. Cheers.
Yes and no.....you have to dechlorinate the water. You can buy water treatments and add it to the water before you put it in. Or the easier method is to have a refill bucket that you let sit out for about 1-2 days and the chlorine will eventually evaporate away making it safe for the fish. Thanks for the comment!
How do you take care of the baby fry? I got some baby hatch out of the eggs, i am really excited! I tried to feed them but they are not eating :( one of them died, so just wondering if you have any resources that I could refer to to take care of the baby ? Such as when to feed them, and what to feed them and etc. Please let me know. Love your sharings. Your son is adorable.
Thanks for the comment! I feed my fry special food made here in Japan which is a very fine powder. I would suggest grinding up the feed you have smaller. Also don’t over feed them, just like any other fish. Once a day is what I do. Be sure to separate them from other bigger fish as they will eat the fry. Also try not to do any water changes even if the water gets green. They love it! New fry are very sensitive to water change and Not until they get a little bigger is when I would change water. If water gets low I just add some dechlorinated water to top off the bowl. In all honesty I don’t do much! Thanks again!
Hi, I'm having the same problems raising fry, even getting some of the eggs I purchased here in the UK to hatch. I seem to get some swimming for a day or so and then lose them. So far I have 2 out of 12 eggs (after one week plus a day) that I bought that are swimming, one swimming for one week, then losing three of the first hatched, one just hatched today. I get so discouraged. They arrived in Methylene Blue, four had hatched in the tube they were posted in. I lost two of those a day or so afterwards. I don't know if I should have kept the remaining eggs in Meth. Blue until they have hatched. I think I see a couple of eggs died in hatching. It is so stressful...and expensive when they don't make it. Water Hyacynth is banned in the EU due to how it clogs riverways. I think it is the best plant for the purpose as I think the roots carry minute organisms for the fry to live from until they can eat the Hikari First Bites. I may try Water Lettuce when some other Medakas that I have from another seller start to spawn, as it floats as well. I bought them as juveniles already so they are strong. Good luck.
Yeah not sure i can really add anything to this as I never bought eggs or had them in meth blue before. But yes they do amazing on water hyacinth. They also do great on other water plants as well,. Best of luck!
I really enjoyed your video. Such a calming atmosphere! Just pushed me even more to the idea of doing it on my own. But seriously.. Are they REALLY ok with outdoor temperatures? I'm having a terrace, considering to finally keep rice fish, especially since I just learned that my local garden center has some! But I'm really not sure. Right now during spring, water temperatures are likely to go down to 6-8°C at night. In an other video I was told they even survive winter..! But I just can't imagine, so I really wanna make sure they are alright before getting some. Pls help😅
Hey thanks for the comment! As long as the water doesn’t freeze solid the rice fish will be ok. I have had a top layer of ice on all of my ponds in the winter here in southern Japan and the fish have been just fine. search around my channel I made a short video on it! They are sluggish but they are totally fine! depending on where you live if is looking like it will freeze solid that is when you need to move them in. Best of luck and hope it helps!
@@Come2JapanDan Thank you so so much. I guess I'm gonna give it a try then:) I live in Europe and temperatures finally go up. So I guess it's ok to try right now. I'm used to tanks and fish that need heating, so really weird to not have anything but fish🙈 But I fell in love with those wonderful little planty ponds and ricefish are just perfect for that to complete. I have a look at more of your videos. Thank you very much❤️🐟
Most times yes they will eat the fry so you will have to separate them if you want to breed them. Here in Japan there is special fry food which is basically a powder instead of a flake type food. Thanks again for the comment!
I have platnuim medaka and they dont seem to want to breed and I can't tell if they're even females and males because there is 0 color difference between them. Any advice on how to sex them beyond color?
Hey thanks for the comment! Honestly speaking that is a hard question. I am sure you have tried looking around on the internet for answers and cant find any....just like I have as well. Some research has shown Medaka can actually change their sex! But that usually happens more in wild medaka. That being said medaka breed almost non stop and produce spawn very rapidly. Likewise they are cannibalistic and will eat the spawn. Make sure you have at least 2 or 3 floating plants and check them for eggs almost everyday. Even if you don’t see any eggs separate and rotate one or two of the floating plants into a separate jar with the same water they came from, every 2 or 3 days. If this isn’t working I would say try to pick up a few more fish from your seller and try to see what they say as they would know the specifics of the medaka you have more closely than I would. Thanks again and hope this helps!
I would also say watch your fish closely as you may see them carrying egg under their back fins! If you see eggs it will be on a female. Then do the plant rotation I told you about and you should see spawn in no time.
Thanks Dan, I see you have a lot of water hyacinths, what do you think about water lettuce? Do you prefer water hyacinth more than water lettuce? Just wanted to hear your opinion. I’m actually trying to breed white clouds, hopefully can try medaka later :) Again thank you for all the medaka videos, a lot of great ideas!
Hey thanks for the comment!! Honestly I Have never used water lettuce, but would love to give it a try sometime. I like water hyacinth the only thing is it grows fast!! Gotta trim it up quick a bit in the summer months! Please do consider medaka! They are great little fish!
Hi from Singapore! Love Japan! I got some new Medaka this afternoon.
Gold Lame and Champagne Lame. Very sparkly!
Very nice!
Randomly came across your channel tonight researching medaka. This was just what I needed! excited to check out the rest of your channel, really enjoying it
Awesome thanks sooo much!!!
Hi from Singapore! I'm British,spent a bit of time in Japan. Love it. British sis in law taught at Waseda University.
I keep Medaka on my balcony. Gold lame,Blue sparkle, Platinum, Marriage, lots of different kinds.
Awesome! Thanks for the comment!
You are seriously changing my mind about 20 gal aquariums. You are making these smaller tubs gorgeous, guy! Thank you
Thanks for the kind words! It is addictive! I honestly want a bigger pond....but have to save up my husband/dad points to ask the wife!!! She loves them too, but always says “no more”! Haha! Thanks again!
@@Come2JapanDan It seems like you'd run out of space with all those fry to re-home when they are too big for their nursery jars. 😂
Haha yea!! I started with one pond… then 2…then 3….maxed out at 4! After a while I stopped isolating every time because they breed so fast. Mainly I isolate about once per summer. After those fry grow out a bit I mix them. Lifespan is 2-3 years so like to do it to keep them around.
Japan would be amazing to visit. I’m a fan of Ryo’s , as well. Cool video.
Yea Ryo is amazing! Thanks again for the comment!
The medaka are taking over your balcony! Dan the medaka man. Love it!
If you ever want or your ever kids want, let me know.......I’ve got a few to spare!!!
I really like this set up. I will be doing a different set up but I am very excited about this. I just learned about these Rice fish yesterday. This is up my alley.
Awesome! Thanks for the comment!! I really enjoy rice fish and hope more people start keeping them!
Wow.. u started with few fishies and 1 bowl.. now u have many jars and many ponds and many more fishies.. awesomeness..
Ha ha for sure!! I caught the medaka bug!
adorable kid. we're doing this at home now as well, thanks for the video!
That's Awesome! Thanks for the comment!
Love the channel, I have made several ponds at my mums and at my home. Sadly my mums Medakas are very shy and not showing. Not seen them in stores until recently now I am off to get some more. As for travelling to Japan it is a dream of my partner and I.
Sometimes they can be shy, but some since I spend enough time around my medaka, I feel like they have started to associate me with food. They usually come out when I am around…
I really loved this, that whole set up was perfection and now I think I have a new project.
Thanks! It is a lot of fun and really easy to setup and maintain!
What a handsome young man you have, congratulations on your beautiful family! I love seeing you work on the fish containers. They are so much more aestheticly pleasing than a boring tank. Best to you and your family! Looking forward to your next post! Be well my friend 💖
Thanks Scott!
Love these videos, your enthusiasm is infectious. Now I'm going to want to visit medaka ponds when I manage to get to Japan! 😂 Do you divide the water hyacinth when they get too big? Would you do a video about that?
Thanks for the kind words!! I definitely split the water hyacinth, but actually the kinda naturally split themselves… they grow tons of off shoots and it is as easy as pulling them apart. As long as the separated part have roots they do totally fine. Very sturdy plant! Thanks again!
@@Come2JapanDan I wow, I literally just finished watching your video - what a quick response. Thank you, that sounds super easy & perfect for beginners like me. I think I'm going to have to scout my containers and just break down & do this already. :D
Love this!
Thanks!!!!
So cool! Got 6 'true blue' medaka over here in Vancouver, keeping fingers crossed they transition to the tubs well and start breeding soon!
Awesome!!! It is super easy to breed them! Let me know if you ever need any pointers!! I breed them like crazy!
I am new to these fish love the plants you have used 🌿
Thanks!! You can put almost any water plants with medaka! Thanks again for the comment!
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Looks like Hydrocotyle tripartia
you are probably right! I am horrible with the names of the plants!! thanks again for the comments!
@@Come2JapanDan
I think I'm incorrect 🙃, maybe
arrowhead plant.
Love the Medaka videos!
Haha! thanks!
You have always amazed me with the variety of interests that catch your attention.
It eclectic for sure!
I would love to visit. It seems like such a neat place, and the customs are fascinating. I want to learn more about the food and architecture and a LOT more about medaka. I want to raise some, but they aren't really available where I live yet.
Hey thanks for the comment! Japan is a great place!!! Medaka are also awesome!!! Thanks again!
Hey Dan, I just stumbled across your channel and I love it. I would love to come2japan some day. For now, I would be happy to get some medaka! I’m having a hard time finding them anywhere here in the states. Keep up the great work!
Hey Thanks for the comment!! Yeah I have heard that it can be hard to find Medaka in some places in the US. Best of luck!!
Beautiful setups and Medakas Dan 👍
Thanks for the comment!! Haha!
I love the medaka and the amazing varieties you can get, some look like tiny koi. I'm going to try this...... 😁
Please do they are great little fish! Easy to keep and maintain!
I am watching this Video for the second time because i like to see how you set up the mini pond and the beginning of the medaka factory :-)
Is there some kind of a medaka update? Maybe how they did through this winter?
Greetings from Germany
Hey thanks for the comment!! I need to do an update don’t I! Thanks for the comment! They are doing great in the winter. Will try to get something out soon!
i liked, i subscribed, when do i get to go to japan?
It’s still the goal of the channel! We just need the channel to get much bigger!
This is stunning! I wish i had a hand for plants or fish. I am terrible at both! These are beautiful! Do you ever have to change the water out for them? or do the plants help keep the water in a clean enough state for them to thrive? Jikai made! (I hope I got that right?)
Thanks for the comment!! I just add water as it evaporates. The plants do all of the work keeping the water clean! Thanks again!
Hello i came across your video im setting up a pond for my yozakura gold medaka how would i look up this pond or could you provide a link to something similar i love the grey stone texture
Hey thanks for the comment! I live in Japan so I bought it here at a local hardware store. Not exactly sure if you could find the same model online or not. Might just try to search for patio ponds. Thanks again!
Love your videos and the medaka ? I found out today that it’s illegal too have water hyacinth In Arizona! I spoke too a fish guy today and he surgested water lily instead .
Yea water Hyacinth is a voracious plant and can overgrown quickly! There are many places it is considered an invasive species! Thanks again for the comment!
That's amazing work, would love to get started something like that on it, too bad its really hard to find medaka here in US. So you have to pay hefty shipping price. Thank you for sharing love those fish and your set up. I am looking forward to find some of these fish and start something as well :)
Aw that’s a bummer! I hope you can find them as they are great low maintenance and strong fish to keep! Likewise I like that I don’t need any filters or aerators or have to use electricity to keep them! Just some water plants and change the water once a month or so!
My LFS carries them and I live in rural PA... plus you can always ask an LFS to order then for you so you can support their business and still not pay shipping.
Great info! Thanks!
Super glad I found your RUclips page! It's really hard to find Medaka in the U.S. At least it is in California (The best I could get is ordering them online 6 golden Medaka would be $55 with shipping). I've made a 15 gallon pond out in my balcony with mosquito fish. Fell in love with the look of Medaka ponds and I've decided to start one soon. The only thing is that it's been way too hot for them to live outside, so I would have to wait for it to cool down a bit. I might even keep one in my room next to the window! Thank you for the inspo (:
Also, do you use any filtration or aeration? or just plants
Hey thanks for the comment!!! Medaka are great fish and such a bummer they charge so much for them! I have absolutely no aeration or filters! Its all water plants! I go in about once every month or so to clean out a little bit but it is very low maintenance!!
@@Come2JapanDan update! I found a guy who also started breeding medaka and I was able to pick up some juveniles. Super excited!
@@botanicals9597 That is Awesome! They breed very fast once they get older so you should be able to multiply the amount you have! Very stoked for you! I have a Medaka video coming out in the next day or so! Very excited for it!
love the Lil water tubs but wondering when we a ther turns cold .you bring them in and keep in the tub ?? or small aquarium?
Nope I keep them outdoor all year long even in winter! The fish are just fine! They only thing is to make sure the water doesn’t freeze solid. I am lucky to live in an area of Japan that has mild winters! Thanks again!
so cute baby human♥and cute daddy ...
Haha thanks!
Nice setups I want some like these. I’m barely coming into the Medaka hobby but I was wondering what soil do you use for your planted water plants? Such as that Water coin. Will any fertilizer work or will some harm the fish?
Thanks for the comment. Definitely do your own research as I wouldn’t want to harm your fish. That being said I make my own compost and use that. I also use aqua soils that you can usually find at local pet shops. Best of luck!
Do you see the eggs before pulling the plant?? I just got some Rice fish and I am not sure if there is egg yet.
Hey Thanks for the comment! Most times yes! Other times I just guess...Another way to tell is to look carefully at your Medaka. I hangout out with them everyday for a while & when I notice a mama fish has eggs one day, and then she doesn’t the next, it is a good time to carefully pull a plant with the same water or at least 50-60% of the same water it came from. Again, I am just an amateur hobby breeder but as you can tell from my video, I have had great success! Best of luck!
@@Come2JapanDan thanks!!!
My pleasure! It’s always awesome sharing what little knowledge I know about these great little fish! Will try to have another video soon!
@@Come2JapanDan Keep the videos coming. It's great!
Currently I also kept some medaka. They looked really nice. So what kind of food did you feed for your medaka baby fishes? Just keep them inside the green water?
I feed them baby medaka food! Here in Japan since they are very popular they have special food that is almost like a powder. You can use pretty much any fish food but will need to grind it up a little bit for babies!
@@Come2JapanDan Thanks for the info, it's helpful. I will try get some baby fish food later.
One more thing. The Japanese lady I bought my 12 juveniles from said I need aeration for the fry. I didn't see this for your very young fry. I have several other plants that I think should aerate them well enough: lily, elodea, frogbit....I hope. Such a sweet son you have. Best wishes.
I am not sure about the aeration as i don’t use it. As you can see in my video I have so many baby fish, almost too many! I think if you have enough plants you should be fine. Thanks again.
Thanks for your reply. I see I accidently deleted my first account/comment to you of my experiences with my new hobby with Medaka and how I am so excited to have these new eggs come in the mail this morning. I have green water and ''First Bites'' that I found here in England and might have some success with infusoria. I think your fry must get the infusoria and algae from the roots of your amazing water hyanciths. I may get some water lettuce which is ok here in the UK. Cheers.
Do you change your water on winter?
No I just make sure It doesn’t freeze...
Can I ask?
Can you update your medaka now?😊
I will have a video come out soon! But they are doing great! Thanks again for the comments!
Cool ❤️
I’m very excited to your next medaka vlog 🥰
Welcome 🙏
Do you have to treat the water for these fish?
Yes and no.....you have to dechlorinate the water. You can buy water treatments and add it to the water before you put it in. Or the easier method is to have a refill bucket that you let sit out for about 1-2 days and the chlorine will eventually evaporate away making it safe for the fish. Thanks for the comment!
How do you take care of the baby fry? I got some baby hatch out of the eggs, i am really excited! I tried to feed them but they are not eating :( one of them died, so just wondering if you have any resources that I could refer to to take care of the baby ? Such as when to feed them, and what to feed them and etc. Please let me know. Love your sharings. Your son is adorable.
Thanks for the comment! I feed my fry special food made here in Japan which is a very fine powder. I would suggest grinding up the feed you have smaller. Also don’t over feed them, just like any other fish. Once a day is what I do. Be sure to separate them from other bigger fish as they will eat the fry. Also try not to do any water changes even if the water gets green. They love it! New fry are very sensitive to water change and Not until they get a little bigger is when I would change water. If water gets low I just add some dechlorinated water to top off the bowl. In all honesty I don’t do much! Thanks again!
Hi, I'm having the same problems raising fry, even getting some of the eggs I purchased here in the UK to hatch. I seem to get some swimming for a day or so and then lose them. So far I have 2 out of 12 eggs (after one week plus a day) that I bought that are swimming, one swimming for one week, then losing three of the first hatched, one just hatched today. I get so discouraged. They arrived in Methylene Blue, four had hatched in the tube they were posted in. I lost two of those a day or so afterwards. I don't know if I should have kept the remaining eggs in Meth. Blue until they have hatched. I think I see a couple of eggs died in hatching. It is so stressful...and expensive when they don't make it. Water Hyacynth is banned in the EU due to how it clogs riverways. I think it is the best plant for the purpose as I think the roots carry minute organisms for the fry to live from until they can eat the Hikari First Bites. I may try Water Lettuce when some other Medakas that I have from another seller start to spawn, as it floats as well. I bought them as juveniles already so they are strong. Good luck.
Yeah not sure i can really add anything to this as I never bought eggs or had them in meth blue before. But yes they do amazing on water hyacinth. They also do great on other water plants as well,. Best of luck!
make another video of medaka ❤️
I love medaka and I don’t know how to care it😅
Sure thing! They are very easy to take care of!
Thanks 😊
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That floting plant's name!??
Its a Water Hyacinth. Thanks for the comment!
I really enjoyed your video. Such a calming atmosphere! Just pushed me even more to the idea of doing it on my own. But seriously.. Are they REALLY ok with outdoor temperatures? I'm having a terrace, considering to finally keep rice fish, especially since I just learned that my local garden center has some! But I'm really not sure. Right now during spring, water temperatures are likely to go down to 6-8°C at night. In an other video I was told they even survive winter..! But I just can't imagine, so I really wanna make sure they are alright before getting some. Pls help😅
Hey thanks for the comment! As long as the water doesn’t freeze solid the rice fish will be ok. I have had a top layer of ice on all of my ponds in the winter here in southern Japan and the fish have been just fine. search around my channel I made a short video on it! They are sluggish but they are totally fine! depending on where you live if is looking like it will freeze solid that is when you need to move them in. Best of luck and hope it helps!
@@Come2JapanDan Thank you so so much. I guess I'm gonna give it a try then:) I live in Europe and temperatures finally go up. So I guess it's ok to try right now. I'm used to tanks and fish that need heating, so really weird to not have anything but fish🙈 But I fell in love with those wonderful little planty ponds and ricefish are just perfect for that to complete. I have a look at more of your videos. Thank you very much❤️🐟
Hey! I'm about to set up my first Medaka pond! I just have a question! Do Medakas eat their fry? What do you feed the fry?
Most times yes they will eat the fry so you will have to separate them if you want to breed them. Here in Japan there is special fry food which is basically a powder instead of a flake type food. Thanks again for the comment!
I have platnuim medaka and they dont seem to want to breed and I can't tell if they're even females and males because there is 0 color difference between them. Any advice on how to sex them beyond color?
Hey thanks for the comment! Honestly speaking that is a hard question. I am sure you have tried looking around on the internet for answers and cant find any....just like I have as well. Some research has shown Medaka can actually change their sex! But that usually happens more in wild medaka. That being said medaka breed almost non stop and produce spawn very rapidly. Likewise they are cannibalistic and will eat the spawn. Make sure you have at least 2 or 3 floating plants and check them for eggs almost everyday. Even if you don’t see any eggs separate and rotate one or two of the floating plants into a separate jar with the same water they came from, every 2 or 3 days. If this isn’t working I would say try to pick up a few more fish from your seller and try to see what they say as they would know the specifics of the medaka you have more closely than I would. Thanks again and hope this helps!
I would also say watch your fish closely as you may see them carrying egg under their back fins! If you see eggs it will be on a female. Then do the plant rotation I told you about and you should see spawn in no time.
Thanks Dan, I see you have a lot of water hyacinths, what do you think about water lettuce? Do you prefer water hyacinth more than water lettuce? Just wanted to hear your opinion. I’m actually trying to breed white clouds, hopefully can try medaka later :) Again thank you for all the medaka videos, a lot of great ideas!
Hey thanks for the comment!! Honestly I Have never used water lettuce, but would love to give it a try sometime. I like water hyacinth the only thing is it grows fast!! Gotta trim it up quick a bit in the summer months! Please do consider medaka! They are great little fish!
Names that plants please
Thanks for the comment!! I am horrible at plant names…sorry! Hahah!
send me some medaks!!!
I would love to but the world is crazy rn! haha!
that plant that you don't know what it is, is rather hemp or marijuana! GOLD MINE!!!!
Haha! not sure about that but thanks again for the comment!
@@Come2JapanDan let me get a better look next time you make a video, i'm not joking.
I like the new pond but i don’t like the price hahaha
Yeah it was about ¥2500!
Come2Japan here it costs 7,500 haha much bigger is 20,000¥
I think they had one that was 30 L that was around ¥9000! Yeah closer to Tokyo stuff gets a little bit more expensive I guess!
Bekommt noch jemand diese komische Werbung mit der alten Frau die anfängt sich zu “bewegen” und zu tanzen? 🥲 bei jedem einzelnen Video…
Thanks for the comment!
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Ok Thanks! Hope you have a great day!