Finding Balance: Making Planted Tanks EASY! My aquarium plant talk at Keystone Clash 2023 

This is the best presentation on aqaurium plants I've ever seen....and I've seen ALOT... You're the man!

Very possibly THE BEST aquarium plant video i've ever watched!!! Thank you, i learned a lot of the "finer points" and you've saved me from buying rediculously expensive lights. Did i say "thank you"??? ❤ #Balance

Simply amazing! Such an informative talk to be a part of. Very grateful that I got to meet you and also hear so much of your knowledge that you have with Aquarium and Plants. Thank you so much Bentley I really appreciate everything you do! And thanks for taking the time to talk to me afterwards it really meant a lot to me. You Rock!! 🤘🐠🐟🐠 #balance

this was a great talk. Wish I could’ve seen you in person. Love the idea of splitting and all in one up over a week. So simple but never thought of it.

Hey bently my 3 gallon tank with co2 and had my lights at 5% power fluval nano led i had little to no algae. My snail ate it all and my shrimps take care of the rest xD. All thanks to your teachings. Ive been watching you for 3+ years.

Fantastic talk! I watched twice and will be sharing this video in a local aquarium group I am in. Thank you for being so giving of your time and knowledge. My plant journey has been slow and frustrating but I am finally starting to see some balance in my tanks. I've always been a "fish first" aquarium keeper and have kept many species successfully but plants, oh boy, I thought I would never figure them out.

Excellent talk on plants Bentley.

Agreed. This is the best presentation on aquarium plants that I’ve seen. Now let’s see if I can put it to good use

Excellent Bentley. Well explained, so even I could comprehend what you were saying. Thank you

I enjoyed this talk a lot. Always great to be reminded of the basics😊. #Balance

love this talk. Thank you for the charts you added, really helpful. 👍

Just recently discovered you on youtube. Your videos are so helpful. Glad to have found this channel. 😊

Awesome talk Bentley! Will be replaying this several times to absorb everything. #balance

I liked your talk on plants from begin to end

Great stuff. Exactly what I needed when I needed it. Thank you, Bentley.

Loved this talk! Very inspirational & loaded with great advice ! #Balance

Learned a lot. Thanks! You should have a podcast.

I love how informative this video is. I’m definitely going to listen to it a few times to absorb as much as possible.

You rock Bentley! You are now my plant guru. Your simplified explanations have relieved my stress. Recently had outbreak of hair and staghorn on my crypts. in 2 tanks. Was struggling to figure out the source of the problem. From what you said, I have turned the blue down to 4% and am adjusting the light intensity to find the lowest I can go where the crypts and stems are happy but discourage algae growth. I am one of the few who have experimented with osmocote plus under my root feeders cause I was burning through root tabs. Tried the capsules but that was a disaster and caused an ammonia spike cause the capsules kept popping up. What works for me is 3-4 beads for every 4-5 inch squares once every 6 months. I use the plastic part of my python to get it under the plants and test daily for ammonia for the first week. Saw one of you guys on RU-vid do that and thought that is genius. Doing it this way I have not had an ammonia spike. The tank with the most crypts is now exploding with crypts where now I want a bigger tank. But the edges developed hair and staghorn so I am patiently waiting to see if it dies before I start cutting off leaves. Like you said, after all the plants I have tried but died, I can grow Hygrophilia polysperma and crypts like a pro. Thought I was doing well with AR til it started dying on me. Not giving up. I will be rewatching this video numerous times. Thanks for sharing this talk.

Awesome 😮 Thanks for the explanation, Im a 66 young 😅 beginner at this I have a 55 gal. And a 20 Gal H,planted taught from RU-vid 😅, Thanks again Sir.

Holy Moly this is good!!!Thank you!!

I've learned so much from you, thanks a lot

I agree with Matthew; you explained very simple and understandable all depends in what plants you want and all the requirements they needs. In my opinion no one explained all in one video so easy like you. You are serious resource in this hobby! Congratulations Bentley!

Great info. I struggled after moving to a place with a well, it took me 3 full yrs to figure things out from a starting point of that crazy seachem schedule you showed. My balance included getting my lighting right. I now fertilize twice a week with a water top up so I mix into water in the bucket first. I use 1 cap excel, 1 cap flourish, 1 cap potassium and every second time I also add one cap flourish trace. I use the excel becuase I do not use co2 (to prevent feeding algea, not becuase it actually converts to carbon as claimed as we know that is false). this works great. I do also plug soil ferts every so often around rooted plants expecially around amazons and crypts. If I miss any of this recipe I have worked out, plants will not look as great. If I dose more frequently or higher, it feeds algea. I keep deep substrate too, I find that is part of what makes a difference too for the natural composting of fish waste etc as well.

#BALANCE Thank you @Bentley for recording and sharing your lecturers at the Keystone Clash. Very informative! Great job! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

there's not many RU-vid vids I've watched more than once.... but Bentley seems to have a few I find myself back at now and then

Such a great talk and as someone working with their first planted jungle tanks i needed this. My fast growers have been out competeing my anubias a bit and i have realized i need to fert more even though i feel i have a full house fish shrimp and snail wise ❤😅 will email soon with photos and more details for your thoughts ❤ I have crap load of water column feeders tons of anubias tons of water lettuce dwarf and huge, batting duckweed now and butt loads of hornwart and also butt loads of pothos growing out of my tanks so I have to fert more than I thought 😅 a journal and constant testing has helped alot. ❤ I will be trying the lean dosing method. And adding leaf zone which is what I'm seeing deficiencies in potassium and iron in my anubias. We shall see. But I've discovered I'll fert get to 40 and in 2 or 3 days go to 0 ppm nitrate. I was shocked. I also have root feeders so I root tab them and the val and lilly.

Thanks for sharing Bentley 😊

I never knew how easy it was to keep water balanced without doing water changes. It's the plants.Thank you Bentley.

Great presentation Bentley, I've been in the hobby since the early 1960s & i still use UG filters in some tanks with plants with no problems. I like the K.I.S.S style . Greetings from Australia.

hands down z best & so critical for me given my recent experience with the dreaded staghorn algae. in a month I expect to see a rejuvenated & controlled environment in my innovative marine twenty. salute 🤝

Thanks Bentley, I absolutely love this presentation so much I listened to it three times straight for the bits I could have missed while working in my fishroom. Really sound advice for all aspects of the hobby.

This is great 👍 thank you

Awesome presentation on "Making Planted Tanks EASY!" Thank you! #Balance

whew! just learned ALOT. and learned how much I'm actually doing wrong!! I've been battling algea like teenage acne.😢 I've watched and read weeks and weeks worth of videos/articles articles. none compared to the info in this video. this is awesome! great job! thank you for your knowledge in simple terms for the stupid aquarist like myself. if I had found this video first, I'd have saved myself a LOT of money. THANK YOU❤!!!

Very fun talk. I always learn something every single time i watch you speak! #balance

Thank you for this info dump. Saved for continually learning

Amazing and educational talk. It was exactly what I wanted to know. Could you switch the line exchange and avoid on the C. H. E. A. T. slide. It did spell chaet now.

#Balance. Cool talk. Thanks for breaking down the wall of complication.

Great presentation, thank you for posting it.

Thanks for this Bentley, just started co2 in my rainbow tank this was very helpful

Great presentation...PREPARE TO LEARN!!

Thanks for the information. I have a number of Anubis that have grown tall 20” or more. Appreciate you sharing how best to trim/cut to reduce height and generate another plant. Thank you

This is so informative! Great job, fantastic reporting!🌻🌼🐝 Keep it up 🙌

You are such a talented speaker--thank you!

Excellent presentation! I learn something new every time. Thanks. #balance

Great talk and expertly explained so even a noob like me could understand 🙅. Thank you for sharing this talk! #balance

Quite enjoyed both talks from Keystone Clash. #Balance

#Balance Great presentation. Always love hearing more about plants.

#balance this was a great talk.

Good talk as always! I enjoy your plant talks as that's what I keep tanks for (super lush forests) #Balance

#balance. Great to see your talks in person!

Thank you for making this feel less scary and actually doable!

very good tips and philosophy dear fatso but for people who keep plants but prefer to use only fish waste to 'feed' the plants, you could recommend plant species that react very early to specific micronutrient deficiencies. Also i) a few tips on how to use specific plant species to adjust N/P/CO2 ratios that favor algal growth; and ii) tips for people who never allow sediments to accumulate in the bottom gravel (through 'reverse' flow of filtered water up the gravel bottom).

Bentley, this was a fantastic talk!! thanks for posting it for us who couldn't go to the Clash!! :) #balance

Thank you so much Bentley truly appreciate your lecture. Great info! #balance

I made it to the end!! Here is my comment. Great job on your presentation.

also been following your ramp up schedule for the fluval 3.0 for the most part. nice advice. i am also a psycho and demand that the light stays on as long as possible. so 12 hr period. 3 hr ramp up and down. with 6 steady hours running whites around 65%, red 35 and blue 7 or so. and then i enjoy an extra hour at 1% bright white and 1% blue as a midnight setting.

You’re a cool guy. I love your honesty.

My favorite plant wizard

Excellent presentation! Thank you for sharing. #Balance

My bucephalandra r only running around 40% lights 15-20cm above the water line with co2 injection.

#11-11-2023 IS MY BIRTHDAY YEHOO...!!! IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING SHOW :) I LEARN ABIT AND ENJOYED A LOT :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

Terrific presentation!!!!

Excellent video. Very informative.

#Balance Great talk, I learned a lot, thank you!

@bentley pascoe Very excited for this! The relevancy is real. I’m just SE of Seattle and have very soft water from the tap. I’ve been struggling to find the balance of nutrients and light in my 29g guppy tank. I add hardness, PH and KH via equilibrium and Alkaline Buffer. I have a feeling that I may have overdosed some easy green, Fritz trace elements early on. I need to find a way to achieve and maintain the balance. Thanks Bentley!

#Blanace Awesome presentation Bentley. Loved it

#balance thanks for sharing the talk. CB

Hello, Passive CO2 good for Plants? I do not use diffuzer just give CO2 to inside bottle in aquarium.

Well said. Even when i put root tabs, rainbows will start biting that in that tongs. I experienced this so many times.

Great presentation. 👍❤️👍

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When it comes to nutrients, there is not such thing, as 'the plants need most or less', but 'the plants use more of'.

Amazing!

The video I needed.

Genius

#Balance i want to say your comment about just because i use it doesnt mean it will work for you was awesome. also the comment do whats affordable for you with patience it will happen. Thanks again Bently for another great video

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#balance. Where in your tank should you place your diffuser? I run two canisters filters, should I put the diffuser under and output or in between the two?

Liquid rock 😂😂 Where I grew up in Norway we have well water that 100% liquid rock

Hi Bentley! I'm not new to freshwater fishkeeping, but def new to keeping live plants. I have a (don't laugh) 29g Topfin Aquarium. I knew to replace filter & heater right away, but then realized hood lights were melting the beginner plants I got to help control algae...wisteria, hornwort, anacharis. I'm trying to find a submersible under hood led that could be attached using velcro, suction cups w/o much luck. Do you know of any "fixes", or should I throw in the towel & get a glass hood/fluval lighting? I don't want anything too high tech - just simple while I'm going thru the learning curve. Thank you for your time & great videos!!😊

#balance great presentation! I just wish I knew all these plant names! I don't know what plants I have!

i know you mentioned you were happy with the fluval 3.0 led in another video, as am I. i have the 48". but why dont they include green leds if they are so important, or why cant i control that spectrum individually?

Is there a particular nutrient that mosses look for? I’ve heard that mosses like lots of iron, what has been your experience? Great lecture

Hi Bentley , im a new subscriber to your channel and wow am i glad i am . i have a question that is possibly a bit odd . I have a soda stream machine , which if you dont have in your country is a machine that injects carbon bubbles to you home made soft drinks . My question is if i took 500ml of tank water and injected carbon into the water with the soda stream machine and then poured it into my 3 ft planted tank . will that have the same effect as a fish tank CO2 system . I do understand it will be a big whack at one go but if i suspect a carbon deficiency will this possibly releave that issue ? Thanks Jason

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