Easy low-tech aquarium carpet plant 

Someone’s copied it! Lol! Report it please

Video is now taken down. Thanks again

😂 it’s just the way I speak haha, thanks

Is there any other way to do it?😂

Thank you, yeah you should

tried to grow some mars, my damn fish ate it all

@@BboyCorrosive 😂

Yeah the fact that mine grew this well without fertiliser, without co2, and with standard sand substrate with nothing added really proves how well this plant can grow. It does take a few months but worth the wait, I’m actually starting to do it again from scratch..

​​@@KieransFisht's propagating by stem cutting but comment says it propagates by sending runners?

@@little_bee_007 it will grow itself yeah but if you also propagate it yourself like I have then you can double the coverage very easily.

Nice 😊 I’ll have to try that Marsilea, it looks good

Kierans Fish keep in mind that marsilea can require quite a lot of maintenance due to its growth rate. You’ll have to constantly trim the random tall shoots to maintain an even looking carpet. It’s fun to play around with the carpet height with marsilea. You can practically grow a carpet that’s is 1/4 the height of your tank if you want to. I’ve seen people do this in a nano tank to maintain a shrimp population underneath and a betta above. Very interesting idea that guy had. UG is a bit better but you shouldn’t put it into any tank you plan on breeding fish/shrimp in. It belongs to the bladderwort family and all plants in this family are carnivorous. UG in particular can grow sticky traps on its vine-ish stem and capture tiny creatures. Those traps are far less sticky under water comparing to wild emersed UG but still, not 100% safe for shrimplets and fries.

ug is what lol

@@fishingnh4543 Utricularia Graminifolia

What species of marsilea is low co2 ?

Is it? Haha, thanks!

Thanks so much I’m glad I could help 😊

Did it work out?

@@KieransFish they melted away again, maybe they want to be in aquatic plant soil media.

I just used the osmocote, could be lighting. I think they need lots of light.

Thanks for that! I actually think I’m going to get some star grass now, cheers

Yeah mine looked really bad at the start too. Thanks!

Thanks mate 😁 I hope it goes well

😂😂

Thank you! Any questions let me know

Is regular orgainc soil good to use?

Yeah carpet plants are so difficult without co2 but this s repens has been working really well, let me know how it turns out. Oh and plant it short when you get it

Kierans Fish yes will do! 👍🏻

Hi again I bought some S repens from eBay and planted up today when I did a water Change, they don't look quite as good as yours do but will be interesting to see how they grow. looking forward to seeing the growth. Cheers, Paul.

Paul Mace that’a great to hear that you got some, mine looked terrible for ages lol I didn’t realise how bad they looked until I looked back at a photo. Once they take root they should perk up.. mine looked really bad at first.

you can get it @ petsmart

Ooooo that’s why people keep commenting that lol

Haha yeah my rainbows eat all my plants too, they even eat Crypts 😩

Thanks!

Thank you! Let me know how it goes 😁

That’s a shame I’ve never had that issue myself

You can still pop them in the substrate between the plants

@@KieransFish Thanks for the very quick reply.

That is correct yes! Over time thought the substrate will gather nutrients from the waste also

Yeah! But plant it all first, let it settle, then trim it all and replant the trimmings

@@KieransFish thank you!

Sand and then root tabs for nutrients

Just root tabs in this tank

Hello, Yeah I don’t vacuum the substrate

No algae because of the heavy plant load. Start the lights at 8 hours if algae persists then shorten the length they are on for. Every tank is different

@@KieransFish Thank you for the response sir

Most carpets require co2 but this one doesn’t so maybe try this one, S Repens

Thanks! Means a lot

Heya, maybe something like Pygmy chainswords or Dwarf Sagittaria, I’m planning on using either one

liquid-nature around 8 hours on

how many watts per liter?

Black ones 😁

@@KieransFish racist ur defining the fish by the color of there skin how dare you roflmfao

Thanks for watching 😁

Thank you

Around An inch, or in the right way to say it around 3 cm

Yes I think so

My substrate isn’t quite sand, but it’s close. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work

Nice! I’d up the numbers slightly if you have the room

I’m not sure really, I have only tried growing this without co2 or ferts. I think the main issue you have to solve is combating the algae, maybe reduce co2 or lighting and see if that helps

@@KieransFish yeah its definitely the algae that's the issue I'll try and sort it out.

Sudipto Chakraborty links in the description 😁 let me know if there’s anything else

@@KieransFish Hi, link doesn't work in US for some reason. Can you share the name brand substrate? Seems to hold the repens quite easily! I have a substrate that doesn't want to hang onto the plant and it floats up.

@@zachr1538 Link say it's "Pettex Roman Gravel Black Sand" and "Dennerle Nano Shrimp Gravel".

Yeah I’d get at least 3/4 if you can. They are fragile at first though.

@@KieransFish What's your tank size? I have a 5 gallon too and I'm wondering if I can add otos to deal with brown algae

I’m not sure about high tech, balancing a tank takes a lot of effort I’m still struggling with one of mine

@@KieransFish Yeah ive been struggling with balancing. The tank got taken over with diatoms and thread algae but its getting better and s repens are growing a bit again. Also i keep having nitrate spikes which i think maybe have melted some plants. ADA aqua soil is quite difficult to manage at the beginning.

@@uraninite8151 Big water changes and increase your bio media of your filter aka, a bigger filter.

Stan TheObserver I’ll try do bigger / more frequent water changes. I currently do 50% a week with detritus removal etc. I clean my filter every 2 weeks or so and it’s always dirty. It’s a Sunsun Hw 303B so it’s a big filter for a 70L , it’s got a tray of mechanical,2kg of Alfagrog media and purgien and carbon in the last tray. I have about 10x-15x turn over taking into account hoses and media. I keep getting these small bugs that crawl around my tank a lot get sucked into the filter but idk what they are. Recently hatched amanos maybe? I think they may cause ammonia spikes.

The tanks since been taken down, I did use root tabs yes but not many

I’m not sure about ideal but I like to do a bit more then 1 inch so they can anchor in properly.

I don’t siphon 😊

@@KieransFish so just water changes and that's it?

Yep and clean the glass

Monte Carlo will die without co2 or high lighting. So S.Repens 100%

@@KieransFish ok thanks for the quick reply!

This isn’t the shallow the tank, but you’re right a 2ft aquarium would probably need more intense lighting

Kierans Fish too me anything under 2 feet is shallow. And im not patient waiting for months and months. This was successful cause the square feet is small. Now i know why some people say co2 is necessary .... its not mandatory for them to live but necessary for carpet development for larger tanks. You took the patient route so i complement you for it. Awesome. But man i dont think i can ever be patient as you 😆😆

I feed like 9 different types of food, tropical flakes/pellets and frozen food etc

I don’t use co2 so I can’t really help you with this sorry

I usually have my tanks set at 25c

@@KieransFish Cool!

I don’t bother

Worst thing you can do is Gravel vacation the substrate in a planted tank. Fish poop in the substrate helps the plants to thrive!

No I doubt the extra light would damage the plant, maybe there aren’t enough nutrients? Maybe add some root tabs if you aren’t adding any ferts

@@KieransFish Well, I use Seachem Flourish, EasyLife Profito and Ferro, Sera Florena, also the substrate is Olliver Knot, also got pressurized CO2, LED lighting. I dont think my tank is low on fertz.

Wow! All I used was about 6 root tabs off eBay 😂

@@KieransFish yeah, right? It should be paradise for all the plants. But something went wrong and I dont know what. I also have Cuba baby tears and Hydrocotyle Tripartita, they are doing fine.

Have you only recently put them in? The SRepens?

Nope just root tabs

Yeah, I use the same

@@KieransFish ok

It takes a few months for it to settle and start growing properly.

Same with me, I keep melting my plants. I use ADA soil and cap with a large grain sand I personally harvested, but let me tell you, I can't get this stuff, or any carpet plant to go!

Just an aquarium shop, it’s called seiryu stone

I don’t 😋 it all adds to the fertiliser

Ok.thank you for replying me

maybe a turkey baster streaming water would flush waste from the roots....

Thank you

As many as possible 😋 you can start off with very few but it would just take much longer, as you can snip the tops off and re-plant in the empty spaces

Yeah but most of those plants require co2 like baby tears

Brazilian micro swords and marsilia hirsuta

I didn’t use root tabs at first. I only added them because I could. I have led lighting and it’s quite bright. However it took a while for them to adapt and grow well.

Yeah it would!

@@KieransFish thank you!

They will kind of spread out horizontally if you keep snipping the tops off yeah, keep cutting them really short

The plants? Ebay

Kierans Fish would you be able to provide the sellers info as not all sellers have good quality stuff and your seems to have thrived well. Thanks.

I just looked on amazon and I thinks it’s about 35W I don’t really go by the wattage. Iv had these repens for months now and they’re growing really well. I also have some growing emersed in plastic containers 😋 so good suggestion! I’ll be doing a video on growing them emersed see how well it works

Lol it won't rot. I have mine under 3 t5ho and a current satellite led

It took quite a few months for mine to start growing properly, but once they do...

Depends how much you put in, takes a few months though with some trimming

@@KieransFish how many did u put in?

Nope no o2, no co2, no ferts

The air needs to dissolve in the water otherwise it just bubbles out the top

@@KieransFish but if you used a glass diffuser with a regular air pump would the co2 be enough for the plants?

I don’t know lol, I don’t use anything.

Otocinclus catfish?

Then it’s a cold water tank, but they should be ok in the house as the temperatures don’t drop too low

Yes, with co2 and a good light it should do well

Kierans Fish thanks man !

6 months roughly, without co2

I’m not sure, I don’t measure it that way, I just know that the LED light unit I use is just a standard cheap one

S Repens

@@KieransFish thank u, my plants getting brown algae in leaves what to do