I've been growing frogbit in my 5 gallon for about a year, and if you let them grow roots all the way down into some root tabs they will start growing MASSIVE leaves. I've even got a bloom! The roots are so strong that they support the plant during water changes. Pretty neat. If you want to do this, beware that they will take over your tank if you let them.
I bought three plants at my LFS and as of six months later, I have literally hundreds of them. I have sold some, given some away, but mostly I throw a lot out. My plants grow to about 4 or 5 inches in diameter and I love the roots. Your airline idea is brilliant! Something else I found was that yes it makes great hiding space for Fry but to add to that, if you use a powder Fry food, the fine bristles on the roots especially higher up, holds food from falling and the Fry can graze in relative safety. This stuff soaks up Nitrogen like a starving person at a buffet! I hate throwing plants away, I really do, but this is such an amazing plant I just steel myself to doing so. Has anyone had it flower? I haven't yet.
I guess the in thing are LED lights, but prior to switching, I had a double T-5 florescents and I couldn't stop these floating plants(duck weeds, water sprites, mini water lettuce) from growing and their roots reaching out to the gravel. Love your enthusiasm. Keep up the good work and video making.
I’m going to have to try that hot glued ring idea! Also I just replaced the light last weekend on the betta tank to a Fluval 3.0 Nano. I really like it!
I love this stuff, I bought it on Amazon along with water spangles. Both of them survived shipping to ARIZONA, it was like 100 degrees that day too. I put them in the tank then left on a trip for just 4 days, it had already started multiplying by that time and one of the roots was about 8 inches long. Long story short, this stuff and water spangles are basically invincible and grow really fast. I’m just using liquid fertilizer right now, the one by API.
I like your comment about the Frogbit being a pain when it comes to cleaning the tanks. I asked the same question on a UK planted tank forum and almost everyone removed the Frogbit and other floating plants before cleaning their tanks and then replaced them once they'd finished.
So I tried your plastic bag trick when filling my planted axolotl tank and OHMYGOSH!! It worked so well!!! I've been looking for a good top coverage plant. My lotl tank is open top with multiple plant lights. How well do these do in cooler water?
Yay, I'm so glad to hear that! I haven't grown it in cooler waters yet, but aquariumtidings.com says it can go from 64 to 84 °F (18 to 29 °C). Might be worth a shot!
Honestly you've got really great videos and they're super helpful. I tried using frogs bit and it pretty much died I realize that my light probably isn't strong enough for surface plants. My betta seem happy with their water dry caves and their anubias that's planted on top of it they seem to enjoy the larger environment for swimming. I really do wish I could create my tanks the way I see and your videos but truly I don't have the money and we just don't have the proper resources, for example I wish they sold the coop fertilizer in Taiwan died by in a heartbeat. The fertilizer that I have they instructed me in Chinese to give for drops every time I do a water change but it doesn't keep my anubias from turning yellow or getting odd colorations of brown and black. I found after I stopped using the plant food they seem to do better on their own. The Leafs get larger and sometimes off just clip off the ones that change color but as long as they say kind of small they seem to stay green and healthy. In fact I have a couple tanks were the anubias is just floating and my bettas seemed to enjoy resting up against it or resting in the leaves depending on how big it is but they seem comfortable. I guess you can say my tanks are sort of homemade with the resources that are available. For example we don't actually have lids that go on our glass aquariums. so I had to purchase large Critter keeper Lids to place on top of the tank. Another thing I'd like to do if I ever have time it's to paint the backdrops of my tanks so that way my tanks don't have stuff looking through it from behind? I saw this tip on a really cool website called the fish room with Rachel O'Leary and I thought it was a really cool idea. If you were to take a look at my room it consists of basically two tanks on my dressers that are made of plastic. three tanks on my desk which of course has a waterproof tablecloth on it and then I have a fish tank on my Ikea table of us to hold my DVD player and some other stuff. I have a large pink and white plastic box I have a couple of them and I put a beautiful tablecloth on it and that's where my other tank sits and my frog tank. I basically live in a room so the fact that I could even get a fish into this room is well a miracle of Jesus. to be honest when I first got into the hobby I never thought I'd have so many but they're actually kind of Addicting betta fish they're so beautiful. if you have an email I'd love to send you a picture of what my room looks like after I clear off some of the tables although I didn't decorate three of the tables where my betta has stuff to look at so that's actually good for them. actually now that I think about it probably my room is already set up pretty well and I don't actually need to paint the back of the fish tanks. please forgive me I know my messages are long I don't have any friends that are in the bettas so there's no one to talk to about different things. it might be kind of funny but I actually share that with God about different tank ideas. what I'd love to do is open a fish store where people could come and create their own tanks. but you got to have a lot of capital to do that and this I don't have yet but maybe someday
@@yoon-moon1189 I was wondering do you use CO2 for your plans because they always look so green. Sadly we don't have the coop fertilizer that you use but we do have the other one that you mentioned. I'm thinking about buying that one and switching my gravel to aquarium soil. They finally had a large bag. When I started the beta hobby the pet store told me that grapple would be just fine for plants but I found the only thing that can survive pretty well is anubias of any kind but in Taiwan we only have two types large and Nano. I bought three beautiful lily pads yesterday and I do have an LED light for them I think my betta likes them I set her Driftwood and anubias on top of the terracotta water jar but she has she likes to swim at in and out of that and sleep in it
@@yoon-moon1189 I put the lily pads in a row so they won't get so much agitation something filter because the filter tends to kind of move them around I don't know if that would cause them to have problems or not. what do you think?
I just changed out some ( floating)water wisteria that I consistently trim off the planted mother plant in my 45 gallon glass topped community tank, ( that also grows so well as a floater ) to frog bit. I used the circular airline tube in a quiet corner, and the roots are coming along great. They look like some type of ‘war of the worlds’ alien invasion. The dwarf gourami loves hiding and resting out under it. You answered all my questions, especially how to water change with it. Thanks,!!!
The air line loop on suction cups and detaching during water changes is a genius idea! I'm thinking of getting some frog bit and am afraid of accidentally flushing some or releasing it into the pond near me. But it's so great looking in the aquarium..... So you do not have any problems with the condensation dripping on the leaves huh? I too have glass lids like you and that is another reason why I haven't gotten this beautiful plant. What to do, what to do...
Great video. The only problem I have with frogbit is keeping the pads dry. Every pad that gets too wet in my tank seems to melt away. Every day I manicure them and try to keep all the odd up out of the water. My water lettuce which grows like weeds helps with this. I can prop up the leaves against the water lettuce which as far as I can tell doesn’t care if it’s leaves get wet. Great vid
Thanks for the airline tubing tip, I've been trying to think of a way to contain my frogbit since it always collects near the filter flow! Congrats on 10k!
10K WOW congrats lovely! You truly are an absolute delight to listen to and your video editing is amazing. Maybe you can do some tutorials on how you edit your videos? I know if there is anyone who could make this easy for newbies it would be you. You are an inspiration to us all!
Thank you so much! Ooo, that's an interesting video idea... I might post it on my family channel if people are interested. In the meanwhile, here's a small explanation of my video creation schedule if you're interested: ru-vid.com/show-UCNoNEF64ijgxK6OSTwdHOFAcommunity?lb=UgyVV-QY2HbEWGmn5pt4AaABCQ
Thanks for sharing! I have the same betta tank as you and my frogbit are dying at the same rate they are multiplying. It’s been frustrating. The lightning is good, tank is regularly maintained, levels are fine. Only thing I have not tried is the fertilizer. I’m going to try it out ASAP
This is a plant that has paid for itself 100 times over, for me. It is very hard to get floating plants in my area and I scored a couple little pots of this. It flourishes in all of my tanks and I can sell off portions regularly.
thank you very much i have had fish for 10 years but always used silk flowers did not want snails i got a larger tank now & your channel is allot help your alum dip and snails video is wanting me to try live plants maybe i can start out low tech plants .. always loved the floating plant great idea of containing to a certain area i think this frogbit will be one of my first plants glad to see you can use a glass lid with the frogbit ... i have to have a lid to keep my bristolnose pelco in
0:15 Was the cutie biting on the frogbit's root? ^^ Thanks for the tips again. I was in awe over how the frogbits are growing so quickly in my place (I had it placed outdoors with sufficient sunlight most of the time). Btw, I notice that as of now, you have 39.1K subscribers already. Kudos and keep up the good work!
Your frogbit looks a lot rounder than the amazon frogbit I have seen for sale. Where did you get it and was there any specific indicator of a specific strain or something?
Congrats on 10K subs, well deserved. I was hooked after watching your video on alum/bleach/copper treatment for snail control, very thorough and scientific.
Gonna get some frogbit for a horticulture project I'm working on. Going to get some waterwheel plants which need companion plants to survive in horticulture.
Thank you so much! So, a few options are a) spread it to another tank, b) sell it or give it away locally, c) make fish/snail food out of it, and d) tie it up in a bag and throw it away.
Congrats on the 10k. It has been great watching your channel grow. Also I have used almost the same technique on the air line floats. I just use it backwards. I use it to keep the center open. Great video!!
Congratulations on the subscribers!. Great video! I just got some frogbit unfortunately it got shipped in very hot weather. I tried to get it to come back. But the seller had put a note in with it stating he would replace it if it died. I did get it from Amazon. While it was in my betta and shrimp tank they loved it! I will be getting more. And I going to use your tips. Thank you for doing this video. ❤☘🙂
@@GirlTalksFish it was in a plastic bag with a little water. And the package was a bubble pack bag. I know it was hot here the day it arrived. Upper 90's. I'm thinking maybe that was why it didn't survive.
i made a ring for my floating plants as well but i didn't think about detaching the suction cup for water changes. i would always just remove all my plant. thanks for sharing!
Your advice on this post is super informative... i just made a airline tubing to contain frogbits.... i do really like this very informative tips and tricks about this... please upload more informative videos about this....
Great video. I currently have duckweed in my tanks for nitrate control along with pothos until I can source frogbit. I wanted to say that your article on the effects of floating plants and various types of filtration on O2 levels in tanks (Aquarium CoOps blog) was excellent. It would be interesting to know what percentage of floating plants on the surface of a tank is optimal for nitrate control (all other factors being equal) before O2 levels start to fall. I get nervous if more than 50% of the surface is covered. After reading your article I added a HOB filter back on one tank that currently only has a sponge filter and a lot of floating plants. Great job.
Oh my goodness, I'm so happy to hear that you read the Aquarium Co-Op blog and I can't believe you noticed I was the author! Yes, I would love to know in the future how much floating plants affect the O2 levels. Would make for a great follow-up experiment. :)
I use a pond ring for mine and also sponge filters are nitrate factories its possible the more waste the sponge gets the more nitrates the plant will get as its conveyed to the or near the surface
I recommend giant duckweed for nano tank like batta fish tank. The leaf size is not so big 1 - 2 cm and its roots don't extend so long but it absorbs excessive nutrition very well. And also It has reddish lower face very impressive. I've grew them, so nice!
Can frogbit prosper in an outside 10 Gal tank with no electric light, I live in Central Florida. wondering if filtered light outside on my porch if they will create more. Great Care guide.
Please share your story on how you saved your red root floater. Also, thanks for the great tips will definitely come back when I try floating plants again. :)
Thank you for this! I always love your videos! I have some frogbit that's not growing as quickly as before, and I think I know why now. And you covered something I hoped you would, how to corral it!
My red root floaters shipped in half dead, so I threw them in a 5 gallon bucket and tossed them in the sun. 3-4 weeks later I had a healthy colony and I picked the best ones and threw them in my tank. I have a hob filter so I suction cupped a corral made of bendy straws on the other side of the tank to keep them contained. That way only my low light plants will be under them too.
Oh I just got to the corral part! I tried the airline hose but I couldn't get mine to lay flat enough. My corral is smaller than yours, so I just lift the floaters out and put them in the dirty water bucket.
Frogbit seems to be the hardiest floating plant. When my sponge filter started dying all night every night, eventually all my fish died and some plants. Duckweed thank god, salvia minima, and red root floaters all died. Yet my frogbit stayed alive and thriving the entire time. Java moss also came back alive and completely took over the tank
Mine didnt reproduce much and my MTS ate all of it so I will replace my kit light with a stingray light for my 10 gallon hopefully my plants and floater plants grow better.
I’ve been basically binging all your videos learning about everything!! Love your content. I was wondering though, I have this same betta tank you were showing with the all glass lid, the filter seems to put out a pretty strong water flow in mine but doesn’t look like your surface is moving at all. Did you turn it off? I’m putting some floating plants in my tank and am concerned it will be too strong of a flow for them and my betta.
I loved your idea of the airline tubing floating plant holder.....unfortubately the suction cups kept detaching from the sides of the tank so now I'm at a loss again. *sigh*
She said that she’s always worried about snails taking over your tank and if you want snails but don’t want that to happen I would recommend nitrites. They’ll lay eggs but they need brackish water to actually hatch so if you really want snails but not babies get nitrites
I've been looking for some for quite awhile. I like the look of Frogbit much more than water lettuce. I think I have found a way to get rid of my duckweed easily but want to get a replacement floating plant. I don't want to use water sprite as I prefer it planted in substrate rather than floating. I am still trying to successfully grow mosquito fern but haven't had much luck. Also, Foo the Flowerhorn channel uses the airline tube to keep the floaters out and not in like you are using. either way works. One question. Is the light you have success with Frogbit a full spectrum white/blue/red led or just white/blue? Notice any difference with lights without the red LEDs?
Great information on frogbit. Great tip on containing it. Cobgratulations on 10K. You deserve every one of those subs, and may you get many many more. 👍💕👍
Oh my goodness, thank you so much! I so appreciate each and every one of your comments. Your support over this past year has really meant a lot to me, and I notice that you're so encouraging to many other Fishtubers out there. Thank you for taking the time to leave your little notes of encouragement! :)
@@rp101aquatics6 Seriously?? Wow, I'm definitely interested. Can you contact me at the business email address listed on my RU-vid channel's About page?
I couldn't grow salvinia water lettuce or even duckweed. Frogbit grew though. My endler tank is great with plants. Just 2 frogbit. Took 2 weeks to finally start but now the roots are getting bigger. The sprouts are coming along and getting bigger Everyday.
How do you recommend disinfecting frogbit before adding it to the tank? I recently bought some from somebody on Etsy. I’ll be quarantining it in a bucket but I’d like to disinfect/sterilize them too!
Hi how can i prevent my betta fish from eating or nipping the spongey thing underneath the frogbits, i bought the plant today. im worrying that it might affect the plant tho
i just rescaped my tank and my frognt is dying , before i rescape my tank the frogbit is healty . the only difference is now im using inert substrate (before rescape was active) . 9 gallons , 22w 8 hours , 28C thanks
Have you tried the alum dip from your other video on frogbit? I got results similar to what you saw with the vals - the leaves are pretty much all melting off but there are bright green baby leaves everywhere. Curious to see if you, or anyone else here, had this result as well.
Yup! I do the alum dip on all the plants I get and so far I haven't experienced any melting. I haven't thoroughly tested this method, but there's a shorter recipe where I do a 2-3 hour soak in a stronger solution of 3 tablespoons per gallon of water. Need to get more snail-infested plants from Greg Sage so I can officially test this method, but so far it's been working for me. 👍
@@GirlTalksFish Maybe I'll try that if I ever get another batch of frogbit to see if there's still any melting (I'm guessing this batch will grow enough to keep me supplied forever). I've been lucky so far and not gotten any unwanted snails but my husband got eggs on a plant before he knew about alum and now we have a 75 gallon with pond snails that apparently never completely die off. Maybe we'll move the fish out and treat the whole tank... #teamkillthemwithfire
A Gamer's Wife Literally just watched your talk at Aquashella - you were great! Enough info to be really useful, but not so much that it becomes overwhelming 😁👍🏼👍🏼
