Don‘t Use Anubias, Get These Aquarium Plants Instead!!! 

Thanks for your comment! :) I also have shrimp and snails in all of my tanks. I „discovered“ ramshorn snails about a year ago and I am amazed. I think they will become my go-to snail for the future… because I have had quite some random deaths with the nerite and clithon snails, and they can’t reproduce… I also want to stay away from wildcaught animals. For shrimps, I have a lot of Amanos, but I think I will go into Neos more for the future, because they can reproduce as well, and they are not as ruthless when it comes to digging up my delicate plants 😂 But I would still keep fast growing easy plants, because it’s best to prevent algae in the first place, and let the cleaning crew take care of the manageable amount that keeps on growing 👍

@@passion4aqua so true! Thanks for taking the time to reply! 🙌💛

Thanks for taking the time to comment!

Agreed 👍 I have same cleanup crew for the task! They are the best yet

Agreed!

I didn’t know that… that’s really sad because it has the great coloration! Here in Germany, there are also some similar cases, I think with the Cabomba species that can survive the winter…

@@passion4aqua ohh! I didn’t know some cabombas could survive such cold temps- I’ll definitely look into this! Hope you have a nice weekend 😊👍

I‘m not 100% sure, but I think it’s some North-American species of Cabomba. Nice weekend to you as well!

Thank you very much! Happy to hear that :)

No problem! The shipping is a factor as I said, but honestly, mine had to wait for two more days at my home before I could plant it, and while it did make the plant melt more, the tips of the stems were still healthy and adapted with ease. I think the online shops mainly warn you so you don’t get mad that the plant looks rotten, but in fact, it is still good for use! I wouldnt worry too much, if they send you a healthy plant, it should do great despite melting a little bit… just make sure that you have enough space for it, since it grows very fast and develops huge leaves below the surface, as you can see on the thumbnail ;)

I have had this problem with multiple slow growing plants by now! I think that those problems occur if the slow growing plants are in the tank instead of fast growers. I might try out adding them in addition to multiple fast growing plants, but most often, the layouts with lots of anubias don’t have a lot of stem plants in them 😂 Maybe it is also a good idea to only plant fast growers at the start, and add all the other plants when the tank is balanced… might experiment with that as well! Thanks for commenting and sharing your experience! 👍

@@passion4aquaI add floating plants in the beginning and have tanks with mostly Anubias plants.

That’s a good idea! What floaters do you use and how long do you leave them in the tank?

Thank you for your kind words!!!

Thank you, I‘m happy that this video was helpful for you! I don’t know if I will do a second video exactly like this one, but there will be more content on setting up planted tanks as a beginner for sure 👍

Thanks for the constant support my friend! Best regards!

Nice! It is a great plant and you can use it in so many ways!

Very nice! The thing with shrimp and snails is that as long as there are many babies present, there is enough food for them, so they actually protect your tank from getting to „dirty“ and algae outbreaks! Sounds like a nice very low maintenance project! Happy you liked my video! :)

Welcome to the channel and thank you! :)

Thank you, Welcome to the channel! :)

Don’t use products, use fish, snails , or shrimp something to poop for nutrients

It really depends on the type of setup you want to have, there is no right fertilizer for everything. I use Masterline 1 and 2, and fertilize once a week (the amount for 7 days all at once) while doing a 50% water change weekly (before fertilizing)! I will upload a video on fertilizing in 2 weeks, and talk more about how to find the right fertilizer for your project there! @xSHADENx this works for some setups, but if you want very lush plant growth and the typical Aquascaping look, fertilizer is the way to go. Also, some people don’t have enough animals in their tank to just rely on them. I also find fertilizing much More convenient in general. But it always depends on the individual goal.

@@passion4aqua Thank you for you detailed answer :)

No problem

Hi, I have this one: www.amazon.de/SENZEAL-Aquarium-Beleuchtung-Zwillinge-1600LM/dp/B07W8V9HJV/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8tULPipUEY9cJLafkFxgomfmVhShaxfmJbxtyKtCjXsFT23phqDKinIpyFLxAn9-gidUjdiWqwZExLpfXSzcslCOkI3yQmHr5BNq8baBTsycxZs5N9iWAdIyZk7NwRyvdr0iiObT7S2_r0VMnWMuang7xziIcRvVJYnz-uXu9KjVZ3oHP8ec-CA2Cs2crKZzj62xV9BnUkEygjL6RSKgRA.S12Xwrj8xrx5HrVFlsxJXxsI616Je6jgUGgmiIs8Eco&dib_tag=se&keywords=aquarium+led+2&qid=1712281281&sr=8-4

Difficult to say, all the plants on the list are more or less fast growers (pace of growth equals amount of nutrients the plants takes up)! But Ammonia is mostly taken care of by your nitrifying bacteria and is being processed into nitrates, which are then taken up by your plants. If I would have to give you a name, Limnophila sessiliflora is great, or Pearlweed and floating plants!

Thank you, welcome to the channel! :)

It is called „Pink Lady Snail“ where I bought it, the scientific name seems to be Clithon sowerbianum. It was mixed up in my order at the store, I didn’t want to have it and I can’t really recommend it. They are wild caught and only 1 of 3 made it trough the first weeks while all other snails thrived… I would get ramshorn snails, they also come in pink (pink ramshorn snails were the snails I actually ordered 😂). Happy you like the video!

@@passion4aqua Interesting! So they are neritidae, same family as the more common nerites. I work at my LFS and we often get clithon corona, horned nerites. They are the only snails I know of that will actually eat BBA. I wonder if these do too, anyway those are super pretty! All nerites are wild caught unfortunately, including their bigger more common cousins, and are very picky when it comes to acclimatation. When we get clithon orders in we do loose a lot of them. I have not found better acclimatation methods other than buying 6 or more and expecting some losses in the beginning. The ones that do stick around will be super hardy and live a long time though! I keep about 7 species of snails in my 38, ramshorns are still my overall personal favorite as well 😁 they're the MVPs when it comes to pruning dead leaves and making sure there are no leftovers when feeding! Nerites including clithon are better algea eaters. Safer bet for beginners as they won't reproduce. I'm always hesitant recommending ramshorns to beginners. Clithons even more so, but you need a ton of them and yeah that can get expensive. Thanks!

Very interesting to hear about this issue from a different perspective! That’s why I don’t want to buy them anymore, and I made the experience that Ramshorn snails do a really good job and I will just clean the little bit of BBA that appears sometimes manually. I personally think that the reproduction is a good safety net to prevent big amounts of remains in the tank, especially for beginners, and if everything is done correctly, the population stays at a good level after some time. But I get why you would be afraid of an overpopulation, and it also happened to me once.. thank you for your detailed experiences and commenting! :)

„Clithon sowerbianum“, they are called Pink Lady Snails where I got them… but I got them on accident, my order was mixed up at the store, and I wouldn’t really recommend them. If you like pink, look into ramshorn snails, they are easy and will keep your tank in check 👍

Thanks for the tip! Which species exactly? Might add it to the plant list for my next project 👍

@@passion4aqua Schismatoglottis prietoi, it's available from the Tropica brand.

Thank you, I will add it to my list, got a project coming up that will perfect for it :)

That’s a good approach, I have never managed to grow Microsorum and I don’t know why 😂 maybe I will try again soon…

You need to give anubias very low lighting, too much light will kill your anubias,fertilize regularly..it's a great plant indeed.

I keep them successfully in multiple tanks, and I would recommend them to everyone. I just don’t think that they are the ultimate superweapon in the world of aquarium plants, like they are sometimes portrayed. Beginners who want a planted aquarium will probably have a harder time only using plants like anubias; because they don’t do much for the tank despite looking good! Thats why I made the video, because with enough of these plants in, you can easily keep anubias while still having enough nutrient export!

What do you mean?

Those are probably bacteria colonies, they are normal at the start of the tank and will be happily eaten by shrimps if you have some. Have you just started your tank? Or do you have this problem for a longer period of time?

@@passion4aqua A longer period, but I may have been restarting the cycle by desperately cleaning to try to fix things. Also, I clean around my apartment w/ rubbing alcohol & saltwater fish-keepers told me that might actually hyper-stimulate bacteria growth (saltwater fish-keepers call that "carbon dosing). I've been thinking a lot about whether I should try to have a fish-tank again or not.

Yes, I heard of this approach in the saltwater hobby, some hobbyist apparently put Vodka in their tanks. I don’t have experience with this though and I don’t know how it would influence a freshwater tank. But to be honest, I also had several setups that just escalated and I wasn’t able to achieve a balance at all. Eventually I redid the setups and it worked out without a problem. Aquariums are very very complex systems and it is impossible to understand certain phenomenons sometimes. If you still want to have an aquarium, don’t be discouraged because it didn’t work this one time. Maybe research a bit more on cycling a tank, use many plants at the start and do a few water changes, and you will have success! And have some patience, bacteria growth and algae are completely normal at the start and if you stick to your routine (research), they will go away after a few weeks! Good luck my friend! :)

@@passion4aqua Thank you my friend for caring enough to reply. Actually, my tanks have failed multiple times. In addition to hydrocarbon fumes dosing the tank, there is a chance I could have some kind of bad spores in my environment. Also, I admit I have overfed in the past. And, when I did experiments with plants & no animals but fertilizers instead, I may have used too much / the wrong fertilizer - it's hard to get it just right in a tiny test container.

@@passion4aqua Also, somehow, my water did not produce any green algae at all, only white slime, multiple times. I have an hypothesis that there are fish keepers who get green algae & love to complain about it & people who get horrible white slime - but, you never hear from the white slime people b/c they always give up.

Only a bad idea if you are too lazy to do regular maintenance. If you keep up with it the potential of very fast growth is the best preventive measure against algae.

I make sure I always have minimum 20%of the plants, fast growing types, and also add some terrestrial plants with clean roots in the water (pothos). All this and lean stocking&feeding levels allows me to have filterless peaceful and pristine 0water changes 0 nitrite waters in my aquariums but yes you need to trim those living water purifiers 🌱 about every other week. Floating plant removal once every week. Floating one’s are also raw superfood for fish and humans or even mix in your house plant soil (I find pot is also 🪴 the most graceful fish graveyard, and life will go on in those nourished greens, garden is a better if it’s an Oscar that’s passed tho. 😂

Fish/shrimp/snails would disagree You can train plants to grow appropriately to most tanks. Also, fast/easy growing plants are essential to seasoning a newer natural setup and pulling excess nutrients out of the water column. And they are cheap and easy to replace in the future once some biodiversity is established. Really just up to one’s personal preference in aesthetics

Agreed, I would never miss out on fast growers. They only grow that fast if there are the necessary nutrients present anyway, and that’s when you need them! Especially as a beginner, it is a really great way to plant a tank! And emersed growth in the aquarium is a whole other superpower itself, worth a dedicated video for sure!

Why is that? 😂