Healthy Water NEVER Needs to be Changed!

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From this video I learned "OLD IS GOLD"

Worked for a local breeder back in the 60's. He taught me tons about keeping and maintaining an aquarium. All my children were in the hobby as well. And they also learned the things my teacher taught me. And when I would set my tanks up I never, ever did water changes. What I did do was clean the filter every 3-6 months depending on conditions. Never had a problem with fish dying or adding new fish. And to this day I do things the same way. If it's not broke, don't fix it. To many people trying to sell you what you do not need. Don't over think the issue and do not add things when all is good.

The fish keeping hobby has many opinions and when I look to the elders, they have this different opinion and rich in wisdom. This is a lesson I will never forget. Thanks father fish for this insight.

You are 82 years young and amazing!! Thank you for all the wonderful information about the hobby 🐠🐟🐡🍥🎣

I'm at least a year out from my last water change (I'd have to pull my notes to check when the last one was on any of my tanks), and I've been amazed at how stable my tanks are. I keep them lightly stocked and heavily planted. Top off each weekend, to whatever degree is needed to replace for evaporation. Other than maintaining the plants (trimming & thinning on occasion), all I have to do is feed and enjoy my fish. I love it! Being I live in the desert, the water conservation of NO water changes has been phenomenal, too, so that's a side benefit of ecosystem tanks. 🙂

Yay! Now I know my laziness has paid off. Dove into fish hobby head first without knowing much. Took advice from pet store employees. Started keeping fish knowing nothing. Tried to follow 1/3 weekly water changes, but quickly got fed up doing it. My oldest fish that i bought in 2008 is still swimming strong even though at the pet store I was told it will live 5 years max..... So I take that as a sign that I am doing something right. Last year I was given a 3 year old betta fish to live out its last days in my care. The owners didn't want to flush it down the toilet but didn't want to care for it either.. its colour was dull and it had some swimming issues, its spine curved to one side and the poor guy struggles to go deeper in the water, it couldn't dive, it would just flop around near the surface of the water... All these issues were attributed to age. All i did was pop it into my community tank of peaceful fish and changed its food. Within two weeks little betta boy brightened up into beautiful bright peacock shades from dark purple to turquoise blue. Its fins got longer, its spine straightened and it started to dive without any problem.. seems like he made a full recovery without any effort from my part. He has more space to exercise in,, he has a planted jungle to hide in and rest. I even took videos of him and sent them to the previous owner to show them he is in good hands and doing much better. He has been in my care for 8 months now and going on strong. Even though I know bettas don't live long, I am glad I could give this fella some quality of life.

Father fish,i am83, I love my fish and worry what will happen if I pass ,i. Follow the experts who say 20% minimum water change every week ,so I carry heavy buckets of water which I shouldn’t do. Thank you for your knowledge and making my life easier.

yes folks he is right cant tell you how many times over the years ive packed this hobby in with frustration. been following his teachings and my tanks have been running amazing no water change's for months just top ups he is a God send to this community thank you!! .

I just smile while watching this. looking at my 16 month old 75 gallon that's had 4 water changes in the beginning. 😊 you FF. Truly a life saver. Much love from michigan

Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I started a 5 gallon for my desk. When I tell you that the past few weeks have been so stressful. I was ready to give it up, and then my 2 guppies birthed more than 40 fry. I feel responsible for them now. BUT I knew that I couldn't deal with the continued stress of maintaining a larger tank. Then I came across your videos. Here you are saying nature knows what it's doing. I just need to replicate that in my tank and let it be. Following and binging on your videos. I will follow your formula for the large tank and redo my 5 gallon too.

Exactly the video I needed. And the pace I needed. When I got an ad in the middle, that felt way too quick. The world is running too fast.

Hi! Father Fish, glad I found your channel. back in the 90's my father thought me "don't change the aquarium water" and so I did. took a long break on fish keeping (2 decades) now I'm back at the fish keeping hobby and things have changed a lot and brought a lot of confusion for me. happy to hear those words again and I'm back at the hobby just like how it used to be.

Absolutely incredible! Thank you for your input🙌🏼!! I’m an aquarist living off grid in New Mexico, where water begins as gold. I’ve just added my 5th aquarium to my living room and currently do monthly water changes, but needed your assurance that (in a healthy environment) water only gets better with time. Very excited to subscribe to your channel, keep up the great content!

I saw that you are replying to all the comments so I just wanted to thank you for this wisdom. You are amazing and I am very grateful I found your channel!

So glad to see your videos getting a lot of views, FF! This topic especially, constantly changing water is definitely “a form of insanity” and not necessary when we emulate natural ecosystems in our tanks. Thanks again for all you are doing on YouTube!

Father Fish you are a breath of fresh air and speak sense your saying what my soul has always known to be true 👍 Big love from South Wales ❤️

Absolutely love this,totally makes perfect sense ⭐️🐟👍🏼

I have just recently found your channel. You seem very knowledgeable as well as very wholesome. You are the fish keeping world's official grandpa. I love that you include a personal touch along with great information put Into simple terms. Keep doing what you're doing. You officially have a new fan and supporter out of me.