Can I Have A Planted Tank With Just Gravel As The Substrate?

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I want a planted tank, but only have gravel, can I have a planted tank? What are your thoughts? TANK ON!
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Комментарии : 42

@richardpudeng8101 10 месяцев назад

Agent Smith from Matrix is now fish keeping😂

@jaymat9692 Год назад

Damn you're still at this. You were one of the people that got me into keeping planted tanks forever ago

@trunks62626 11 месяцев назад

His company took off man, I'm pretty sure he's a huge plant supplier

@mellewedin8221 Год назад

Put enough root tabs and boom your good

@arunv1909 2 месяца назад

i have just river soil and root based plants , they been growing for long time , but give them good light , they get their nutrients through fish waste, the fish waste will be filtered into soil , so give it a try

@FoolyLiving Год назад

I'm in the process of trying to add stratum under my sand. I'm losing the battle, but its getting in there! I can say, the growth with 4 pounds of stratum in there right now is exponentially greater for my sword plants than just sand and root tabs!! They have literally grown 3" in a week. I had to cut them back because of a crash, and I thought they were dead.

@user-cg4bn5dq4m 5 месяцев назад

As long as the tank is well established and has plenty of nutrients such as fish poop in the gravel most plants will live, trust me I've done it for years, API leaf zone is also a great product to use and so is root tabs

@UnheatednoProblem 8 месяцев назад

i dont think hes limited by gravel at all he just has to wait a couple years for mulm buildup start with rhysome plants

@wheelbite14 Год назад

One of the biggest problems with just gravel is bioload. One betta? Not growing many plants. A school of fish, depending on size, can keep even vallisneria happy. If all else fails, freeze some dirt in ice cube trays and shove it in under your gravel, just plan on cleaning your tank a few times after that.

@romeocano1919 Год назад

Valid response so basically just be conscious of a proper fish to plant ratio?

@wheelbite14 Год назад

@Romeo Cano Yup. I don't gravel vac my gravel tanks anymore, but I still swap out several gallons of water at water change time. A pre filter on the HOB helps keep a lot of the big debris out between changes, so the water stays clear. From my experience, easy plants are fine with that setup, but dirted tanks are still the way to go since the plants have an easier time acclimating to the nutrient rich soil and can start propagating sooner.

@hkk3656 Год назад

I've gotten into house plants growing outside the aquarium and the roots dangling into the water. Great for the plants, great for cleaning the water. There are lots of RU-vid videos about this.

@dimitrijekrstic7567 8 месяцев назад

Biology checks out

@joydeepmondal5429 2 месяца назад

Use epiphytes like anubias and Java fern🙂

@goodytushoes4328 Год назад

we're coming to rescue morpheus

@wesleyrodgers6565 Год назад

Thanks Dustin I'll put in a new order for more plants ,

@EuroGupper 2 месяца назад

As a gravel tank owner there is one quick easy way to have a planted gravel tank. The first few weeks just add liquid fertilizer until the tank has matured My definition of a matured tank is low maintenance, which is a stable tank that has it's own stable ecosystem that does not require water changes when the plants can filter the water and the fish can fertilize your plants through nitrogen cycling

@HalfManHalfCichlid 10 месяцев назад

I Plant swords and crypts in pond baskets with eco complete. I dose liquid fertilizers which the plants absorb easily through their roots that over time extend outside the openings in the plant baskets. I have been told by many of my channel followers that they have never seen healthy, giant swords and crypts like mine. More ways to "skin a cat" in growing aquarium plants

@chocolatechicken3099 7 месяцев назад

I had a pure sand substrate, no dirt or aqua soil underneath, I am a firm believer in father fishes teachings, never had a single issue with growing a full, healthy plant. About once a month a add a little fertilizer. Haven’t lost a single plant and they are all growing a thriving.

@ravitejosyula8723 3 месяца назад

I have anubias nana, java fern, hornswort and Indica.. still do we need sand?

@showbiz7799 7 месяцев назад

Start with dirt Cap with Gravel. Go to kroger and buy some tilapia, cut it up and bury it deep in that substrate.

@grayaquatics852 Год назад

I use just plain caribsea sand in my tank and grow swords, rotala, water sprite and all other types of other various crypts with zero issues.

@finnalexander17 Год назад

Not to mention most fish don’t like a gravel substrate and would prefer a more sandy/silty substrate

@giftandeagledelacerda1279 11 месяцев назад

That's what everyone puts on top of the dirt so it won't get your tank dirty and milky everytime a fish touches it

@thegamechanger2058 9 месяцев назад

How do you know they don’t like gravel? Do they tell you?

@finnalexander17 9 месяцев назад

@@giftandeagledelacerda1279 or you can use sand

@finnalexander17 9 месяцев назад

@@thegamechanger2058 most fish are used to a sandy substrate. and fish like loaches and corydoras can actually hurt there whiskers on gravel where as they can sift through the sand looking for food

@carlcrasmussen 6 дней назад

@@finnalexander17I've had Corey Doris and Dojo loaches on eco complete for 2 years and it has not damaged their barbles they use suction like little vacuum cleaners

@snapverse Год назад

Put root tabs in the gravel. Done

@akhileshthapa_fishbro86 8 месяцев назад

Just float the plants. Check out LRB... He's got a video where he's got over 10 types of plants that can be grown floating and these do not include your usual floating plants. ✌️

@dimitrijekrstic7567 8 месяцев назад

You look like a Batman villain 😂

@tazmaniam3 3 месяца назад

Why are you looking at me through your eyebrows. It's menacing 😮

@travischaddock4826 Год назад

Just use liquid fertilizer.

@danm8004 8 месяцев назад

Exponentially doesn't mean what you think it does, pal.

@briankepner7569 Год назад

A b solution

@blooming_reaper225 Год назад

Can we put dirt at the bottom cover it with gravel i that wilk do it

@giftandeagledelacerda1279 11 месяцев назад

That's the way it's done is you add dirt you add a cap

@bguen1234 10 месяцев назад

This is BS. Plants will grow just fine in gravel and have for a hundred years of the hobby. See all that brown water in the gravel? There’s plenty of nutrients in the gravel of an established tank. And if there isn’t then a couple of root tabs will put it right.