The Truth About "Easy Plant Packs" & "Beginner Plant Bundles" & Why Aquarium Plants Can Be So Tricky

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@LushSaltyAquariums Год назад

Anubias and Java Fern are actually quite tricky and dubious choices for "easy." Your options are better for reasons you provided.

@robweis9 Год назад

People get their expert level lighs for plants that would actually prefer a horrid $10 car accent light. These were considered easy when all we had was flourescent or halogen and beginners weren't clamoring for $150+ full sun simulators. We associate low light plants with easy because our collective thoughts about it haven't quite caught up with the technology yet.

@hkk3656 Год назад

I'm having fantastic luck with house plants growing outside the tank with the roots dangling inside the tank. They get natural light from a nearby window. No algae because the plants use the nutrients. Happy fish, crystal clean water with great parameters.

@voluntaryismistheanswer Год назад

I'm curious about what can or will grow under those circumstances, ferns? Orchids? Mosses? There's so much to learn!

@TheMrDarius Год назад

I’ve been in this hobby for a couple years now. Im still learning a lot and you sir have given me the information I was looking for. You give specifics about the plants the lighting and also your fish you have interacting with those plants both physically and waste wise. Much appreciated.

@Fishtory Год назад

Im so pleased to hear this. Thank you kindly, and have a great week.

@nathanielreichert4638 Год назад

I am a noobie myself with a deep substrate comprised of pond mud, capped with sand. It’s only been one month under an LED light, and I have already trimmed back my Elodia, Bacopa, and Green Foxtail, all of which have doubled in size. I stuck the trimmings back in the soil and have seen growth in the trimmings as well :)

@Fishtory Год назад

Sounds like a plan!

@voluntaryismistheanswer Год назад

The elodea and hornwort actually survive freezing in my pond

@lam4517 Год назад

Super informative, and I like the shorter length and the digestibility and the tips on the screen. Your comments about when a plant isn’t thriving and why are super helpful. Thanks.

@Fishtory Год назад

Thanks for the feedback! Ill try to keep doing more of that. Cheers

@Ann__333 Год назад

Yes the supplemental info on the screen is very helpful!

@roxaneschwartz8705 Год назад

Well said!! ' an easy plant is only easy in the right tank with the right set up!" Over the many years I have kept aquarium plants, it has been trial and error. Learning which plants do well in my tank. Many plants labeled easy will not grow in my hard water. Vallisneria and java fern is labeled easy, but struggles and eventually dies in my tanks. Even with the best ferts and water changes!

@stevecox8066 Год назад

I've been around the hobby for a number of years and I forget sometimes how many factors go into telling a new hobbyist what goes into a successful tank. Thanks

@Belihah Год назад

Wish i found you 6 months ago, ive learned a lot and gone very slow with a fluval flex 15g, made tons of mistakes and lost a few fish that i shouldnt have but im now stable and seeing plant growth and my fish are thriving. My orange shrimp had babies and i saw my first molt remnants. I was looking for somewhat of a single point of truth with fishkeeping for a while and i think i have found that. Thank you

@Fishtory Год назад

Well congratulations on your successes and thank you for tuning in. I may not always know the answer, or perhaps there are several correct answers...but i do promise ill correct errors when pointed out and do my best to find the answer with acedemic evidence and some experience to top it all off ideally. Oh also... WELCOME!

@DamianBloodstone Год назад

I used to think only bulb types were easy. Then I got Trident Java Fern and got a jungle in no time. So I got some Anuibus Nana Petite and unfortunately got moss with it. Well, the moss took and was really easy until it took over the tank. But, the Anuibus loved this and grew like wild in the shaded tank. My tank has a Fluval Shrimp substrate in it for plants and the Java Fern now grows into that substrate. I have to trim or take out plants each month now. But the anuibus was supposed to be a hard plant, but wasn't. Now I know I can grow it easy and so can others. Take Care and Stay Safe, Alex.

@dawnt6791 Год назад

I never had any success with Anacharis, and Java ferns hate me. LOL But Crypts and Anubias species all grow great in all my setups. I've also developed a love for pgymy chain sword and Italian val. My local water is hard and alkaline, and I know that can definitely impact plants - both positively and negatively, depending on species. They grow very easily for me. It definitely pays to experiment with various plants different people find "easy".

@jonisolis9645 Год назад

I have soft well water and Anubia do well for me with some added gh booster and ferts. I am giving up on Java ferns.

@danbutts1003 Год назад

Excellent video! Always read ahead, don’t just jump into the hobby. I’m speaking from experience and trial and error. You’ll also find which plants grow well for you, stick with them . Find another plant that you see is growing well for you. Trim them and put in another tank. Every plant that you can replant it’s trimmings is money you’re saving and like Alex said you can sell back to your local aquarium and fish store. 👍

@SirKingHoff Год назад

Ive sold so much pearl weed and micro swords on FB marketplace for way lower than online shops too

@elenasp3435 Год назад

Very informative video for all fish keepers. However the "easy plants" for me, actually do seem easy as I can keep algae at bay with low lighting and a couple of snails and keep up with water changes. Sure, for some people root tabs and a fertilized substrate is way easier but it comes down to each individual

@somethingsfishy7662 Год назад

I have a hard time keeping plants alive in hard water. Could you please do a video suggesting good plants for hard water situations?

@Fishtory Год назад

It already exists! Look up my video on 20 plants for hard water

@someguy3167 Год назад

I have very hard water. 500ppm gh 300ppm kh, 8.0ph I can keep many kinds of ludwigia, specifically the red ones, alive and well. In fact I've had the most success with all kinds of stem plants. Cabomba and Tiger lotuses seem to do well as well. A couple died back, but most lived. Swords also do well in my water, and ofc floating plants like duckweed and frogbit did well.

@bloatus7611 Год назад

I've never had much luck with java fern. Grows fine but never all that healthy. My first foray into plants was with a starter pack as well and it was kind of discouraging. From that, however, I'm still harvesting plants from that bunch over 2 years later. So now I have a couple of staples that I recommend to people. Dwarf sag and lobelia cardinalis. First one's just dynamite for carpeting and as far as stems go, cardinalis is really low maintenance. I've grown my fair share of bacopa as well now.

@alancarter9471 Год назад

Do you have an in depth video on maintaining the different planted aquariums some might have at the different stages of care? Everyone always covers the beginning, and I would love to see your video if you do as you are great at not only covering all considerations, but explaining why you should and shouldn't do certain things.

@billmeyer4773 Год назад

I wish I could have a fish stores around me , like this one we just got a tour threw. Every one of my tanks will eventually get turned into a all natural tank with substrates of different types to see what does the best for me in the future. 5 tanks strong right now and at the first of the month I'll be turning 2 more tanks to natural. I'm about at 3 years with a couple of tanks that have not had a water change at all . Just a top offs. No fish loses unless they get eaten .😆 Thanks for Sharing

@dax8753 Год назад

that shop looks amazing

@MK_Aquatics Год назад

Hey! I enjoy the content you have on this channel a lot, having deep dives into things is a great way to learn more about the subject. I understand you really enjoy being able to study and learn to bring it to us, I also understand that the attention span of most of us is very short. My suggestion would be, post short videos through out the week and then have one video where you dive into a subject for a extended video! Being able to watch those videos through out the work week would be alot easier for alot of us. Then on the weekends when we normally have more free time we’re able to sit and watch for a longer period of time.

@vikkirountoit497 Год назад

Great video and beautiful shop! You are so right: easy plants are only easy in the right tank with the right set up. I can grow things in some of my tanks but not others - it clearly depends on the tank lighting, substrate, and water which are very different in each of my tanks. So each tank has it's own easy and hard plants and they are not the same! Just picked up a new 40g to replace a 20g - have wood soaking out back, cleaned off a 5 large pieces of dragon stone, going through all my supplies to make sure I will have great substrate for plants, and planning to spread the 20g tank substrate on top. Looking forward to seeing which of my plants love the new setup:) Fingers crossed on my p. ridleyi when I move some in - it's grown large and lovely over a year in one of my tanks and died in all of my other tanks. Maybe this will be lucky tank 2.

@Fishtory Год назад

Best of luck

@adeptusmagi Год назад

Unfortunatly I think many online plant suppliers who do plant packs stick in plants that arnt selling in the plant packs rather than provideing a balanced pack of aquarium plants and my advice on a good light If the superfish scaper LED is available near you its a very good light and more important its the BEST value for money PAR to price Ive found will grow high light plants at cheaper price than most makers lights cost to grow low to medium light level ones

@ItsLaurenE Год назад

This is exactly why I'm still on the fence about trying my first planted aquarium. There is more to it than the common comments I see people tell newbies "buy plants" I am happy I'm keeping my fish alive and constantly learning about everything and anything I can about their health and happiness. Plus i really enjoy the addition of my pothos and other plants I know i can manage. I have to be willing to take care of everything that goes in or above my tanks right now my "fear of plants" would hinder that. Which is why i love these videos though, i can still learn a lot and if or when I'm ready to try it I'll know i really took time to learn.

@alancarter9471 Год назад

Someone, once said try several different plants, perhaps from a local hobbiest, and see what works. Then if you have any that don't make it, then look into those plants vs the plants that made it, and see if you can figure out why they didn't work for you. When I try new plants, I will generally put 3 stems, or whatever, of the new plant in several of my aquariums and see which ones do well. Of course after researching them, and understanding my water parameters on the tanks they go into first. At this point in most of my tanks I won't be making changes for new additions. Therefore making the addition of the new plant doesn't complicate things. Also don't be afraid of failure. I went from keeping some of the hardest fish, expert invertebrates, and other non-photosynthetic corals in the saltwater hobby to killing duckweed, and the consensus online is that is an impossibility. Well not if you have a ton of flow at the surface of the tank. It will kill most if not all floating plants. Also keep the changes you make at one time to a tank minimal, and space them out, so that if something doesn't work out it's easier to figure out why. If your especially worried about losing a particular plant, hold off on buying it untill you can perhaps keep a similar type of plan thriving, or give a stem or two or three to someone else in the hobby who you know can keep it thriving under the pretense that they give you trimmings if yours don't work out for you, or worse case scenario, if you have a tank crash. Also remember that for everything people have said there is someone who has found an exception, so don't be afraid of going against the norm once comfortable and try new things. Hope this helps. 😊

@ItsLaurenE Год назад

@@alancarter9471 yes I appreciate this and your experiences. One of the things i love most about the hobby is the never ending amount of things to learn and still be able to do what works for you or what you like, ans there is loads of information when you know your reliable sources. I've considered freeing up (when possible) one of my 5g cubes and trying a fishless planted scape so i pay attention to everything with the plants and not derail my focus on my fish. Thank you so much.

@alancarter9471 Год назад

Glad to be of service 🙂

@GenXHeart Год назад

I'm thinking of getting back into the hobby as I really enjoyed it as a kid, obviously I won't have my Dad to take care of it now! I have to say thank you VERY much! You taught me so much so fast in one video compared to watching some of the other YT guys for months! I'm going to go binge and thumbs up all your videos now!

@Fishtory Год назад

Hahah thank you kindly and welcome. Feel free to ask questions if you have any, or want a video on something i havent covered yet!

@lizzyanthus1 Год назад

Love this simple and straight forward video! Thank you so much, for sharing! I had an anubias nana once, that bloomed for me. I'd never seen one bloom before, and took me a few days to figure out that it was actually a flower..lol. I don't have any tanks at the moment, but am planning on setting up another one soon, so this video was very helpful!

@metalcowgirl34 Год назад

OMG, I love that store so much. Found it when we were there on vacation once. ❤

@Fishtory Год назад

Its the first aquascape shop i worked for, and learned from Steve Waldron quite a bit. Its a next level shop for sure!

@debbieurias5151 Год назад

Thank you love your videos. I've been having aquariums since I was 11 years old and I'm 67 now and I learn something new every time I watch one of your video's. I'm moving my Java Fern to a darker tank.

@melwohl37 Год назад

Thanks Alex I needed this 😅❤

@armandoa5468 Год назад

Thank you for posting this video just trying my hand at aquatic plants for my nano tank I needed this video Alex :)

@freshwaterdreamingAquariums Год назад

You really do have the most accurately informative hobbyist vids, thank you for putting out solid information for people. I do disagree with you on 1 thing - lighting - no need to spend big$$$ at all (co-op is just as overpriced and not much better than the rest). I had been using Hygger 24/7 lights and they are amazing and fairly priced, but still too much. As I expand my fishroom, I have been using simple 5000k led shop lights from amazon (10 for foot lights cost $130). The other thing I will say is ... why use fertilizers at all? If someone sets up a planted tank it is because they want fish and plants - so just add more fish to feed the plants. 😁 Thanks again and please keep making your videos, they are definitely the best info any beginner could hope to find.

@Handygrrl Год назад

Why use fertilizers? Well, plants need a whole lot more than just nitrates, which is supplied by fish and invertebrates. Some plants take up nutrients in the water column, some take up nutrients by their roots. Other conditions in the tank and substrate and lighting provided or not can make nutrient uptake inefficient.

@andrewgilbert1296 Год назад

I've been in the hobby for around 6 months and have a betta sorority with 12 female and 1 male 6 Cory's a red bristlenose pleco, rams horn snails. For my pants I have money wart, water wisteria and aquarium lilly never gravel vac anymore in a 20 gal tall in my 2.5 gal I have 5 mystery snails a bristlenose pleco growing until he gets bigger to go in my 50 gal pond and 3 sterbai Cory's which will be going into the 50 gal pond. My 20 gal long has white cloud minnows 12 total but 3 different kinds. 6 pea peffer, a red eye red tail puffer, 6 Mexican dwarf crayfish, 2 blue dwarf gourami, 3 swordtail and a small upsidedown catfish. Plants are four leaf clover, money wart, aquarium lilly, water wisteria, narrow sword, tall hair Grass, cardinal plant, pennywart Brazilian giant hairgrass and tiger lotus. For the 50 gal pond with my 4 hatchling painted turtles, a 4" black ghosted knife fish, 4 pulcher Cory's, 3 peppered Cory's, 3 peppered Cory's, 4 orange laser Cory's, 2 rusty Cory's, 4 panda Cory's, 2 female Betta, and 1 male Betta. For plants same as the others plus a water hyacinth plant and red root floaters

@Fishtory Год назад

Very nice

@TheDISSHonoredOne Год назад

I really love your channel Alex, ty for always educating us 🐟

@johnnybest6386 Год назад

Very nice content my brother it was very interested and i love all and every content u make u are like my aquarium teacher.

@Fishtory Год назад

Aw thanks. Im just learning and relaying the fascinating info out there. Thank you though. Oh and of course WELCOME!

@Riskybizness12 Год назад

Just found your channel I really like how you detail explain and use names and show photo examples of what you are talking about thank you just got a new sub here

@FoolyLiving Год назад

Im trying to figure this out, but I have a 75 gallon tank that I set up with sand (if I could do it over again, I would put dirt and then sand cap with thick substrate) however, I have what I have now. The middle of the tank has about 4" of sand and the edges are pretty sparse with sand. I use a water softener on our house. I am using root tabs for my planted plants and right now I have corydoras that are burying poop so I dont think I will vacuum the tank bottom very much now. I am reading about softener water (we are using salt on our whole house water softener, not potassium). I see that having this is not going to let my plants thrive and it will eventually hurt my fish over time. I now have 13 plants in my tank. Anubius, java fern, new and small val, some dwarf hair grass, and 3 swords that have not grown and have been in there on a root tab for over a month. They aren't dead, but they are not doing good - not melting yet, but some leaves are getting veiny and see-thru on one plant. Here is my question..... With a water softener, should I slowly be adding in Seachem Equilibrium when I do water changes and water top offs?

@misterbean4125 Год назад

That's one beatiful shop, very informational like always. Definitely using the chart you used in the video

@Fishtory Год назад

Glad to hear it. And thanks... (i used to work there lol)

@cathyhendrix7552 Год назад

Thank you so much for all of this information on plants. This is the first time I've ever heard plants and their needs explained like this. I've always had trouble with stem plants. They get leggy and then die. And I thought it was something I did. But I have great luck with crypts and a few swords even though the swords grow slow. My dwarf sage is also taking forever to start spreading. It's taken a year at least. So now I know that my tank is lacking something. 🤔 Hmmmm. Thank you again for the info. It has really helped me and has given me some much needed confidence.

@Alhabeeb43 Год назад

Alex, I have a mystery for you. About a week ago I set up an old tank that has been in storage for 2 years now. (No water. just gravel and a dead cory skeleton.) I removed everything and thoroughly cleaned the tank with vinegar. After setting up the tank (adding a base + sand + gravel and dragonstone) and adding water for a week to dark start. I noticed 2 or 3 tiny fry, the tiniest I have ever seen. they are the size of a newborn neo shrimp. maybe a bit smaller. I have no clue where they came from as i only have shrimps and guppies in another tank and didn't add anything in this one, not even plants. I would love to hear your thoughts on it. My guess is that they were on the dragonstone somehow and i heard kilifish lay dormant eggs. i honestly have no clue.

@jonisolis9645 Год назад

Different kinds of water matter. I have very soft well water and if I don't use yard dirt and add ferts and gh booster all the plants will end up dead. Anubias is my favorite plant and now in all my tanks.

@Spacey7 Год назад

Cabomba & hornwort both died for me & the man at the fish shop said he'd had the same experience with them.

@markfranklin8831 Год назад

Once again well explained. Thanks for sharing 💗👍✌️💯

@Fishtory Год назад

My pleasure. Thank you

@beckiesibley8138 Год назад

This was such an informative video. Thank you!

@Finkeldinken Год назад

Heh, gotta love jumping into a video like this with someone like Alex, and yell "THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING!!" Makes me feel so smort 🤓 So happy I found this channel as I got back into the hobby.

@patrickhamel2756 Год назад

This is gonna help a lot of folks! Great video!!!

@connorm3674 Год назад

Some of my favorite easy plants are dwarf sagittaria, the bacopas, pogostemon stellatus, and some of the easier floating plants. I have found dwarf sag will grow in just about anything, regardless of fertilization or light. Another great video as always

@Fishtory Год назад

Agreed

@vikkirountoit497 Год назад

I found the same thing with my dwarf sag! Alien plant grows everywhere:)

@nickpetersonvfx Год назад

One of my favorites! They fill in really nicely if you keep them trimmed too

@voluntaryismistheanswer Год назад

I can grow vals like nobody's business, at least

@Ann__333 Год назад

This really is my favorite channel. So much information about all different aspects of the hobby. Very practical info and well explained. I can feel how much you truly enjoy the hobby and just want to share your experience. Thank you!

@rsousaaquarios Год назад

Finalmente! Alguém com ideias claras e sem interesses comerciais a falar sobre plantas. Gostei muito deste vídeos e vou fazer o máximo para o partilhar. Concordo plenamente. Quano menos fertilizo, menos trabalho tenho com os meus aquários. E claro, também precisfo trocar menos água. Obrigado meu amigo! Um abraço desde Portugal :) Finally! Someone with clear ideas and no commercial interests talking about plants. I really enjoyed this video and will do my best to share it. I fully agree. The less I fertilize, the less work I have with my aquariums. And of course, I also need to change less water. Thank you my friend! A hug from Portugal :)

@Fishtory Год назад

Thank you so very kindly Rsousa! 🙏

@michael.gagarin Год назад

Makes so much sense. Such an awesome video

@georgeballentine1045 Год назад

Very good imfomation

@Handygrrl Год назад

Excellent explanation!

@Vynzent Год назад

Hey man. Stumbled upon Father Fish channel and from there stumbled upon yours. Now subscribed to both. Great stuff!

@Fishtory Год назад

Welcome aboard! 🙏 good stuff on both channels if i do say so myself haha

@CB-qz1mt Год назад

Wow this channel is such an abundant source of information and resources, so glad I have found it. have a question I can't seem to find answered anywhere, and I wondered if you might have some input. I'm interested in growing jumbo freshwater prawns and everything I read up to this point suggests 7-8 pH etc etc but I watched your deep dives on Tannins and whatnot and I need to know, can I grow jumbo freshwater prawns in a blackwater tank? I have an abundance of jack fruit leaves all i can ever need on the tree across the street. Thanks again for all the great content, I'd love to get your feedback on this!

@waynetalbot2784 Год назад

Great info ,Alex. Lymphophilia I always have trouble with. Just goes leggy with a good light plenty of nutrients with co2.just always leggy reaching for the light in any position in the tank.

@Fishtory Год назад

Yeah Limno is a funny one...it either does amazing and is a bug huge shrub of a plant for me, or it just melts and dies in a week

@arman_2215 Год назад

I miss you man!

@Fishtory Год назад

Aww thanks! Im back now

@rabidrabbitsmokingneonlights Год назад

Great topic

@Fishtory Год назад

Thank you. Its been rattling around my head a while

@cherylbelott Год назад

Great video topic and info Alex! Hope you have a great day. 😊🌱

@Fishtory Год назад

Thank you kindly. Right back at you my friend

@katehartley2333 Год назад

I have a lot of luck with Bacopa Carolina with PNW water

@Fishtory Год назад

Me too!

@yehoshuacirt8645 Год назад

I haven't tried it yet but I'm thinking that immersing periodically Anubias in a 1 part bleach to 10 part water dip for a minute or two. I'm reasonably sure that this will take care of algea. It should be easy to do as I will mount them on small mopani roots. No?

@voluntaryismistheanswer Год назад

Hydrogen peroxide maybe?

@candiwine Год назад

WOW. Thank you so much! First time aquarist here. That made so much sense. I would like to have a planted aquarium, not just anubias, buce, and java which I currently have. Guess I need to get some. substrate under my sand. I have a question. I have a 10 gal that has been running for 10 days with sand bottom. Is it to late to pull back the sand and add some bags of..eco-complete and cover back with soil?

@madhatterjones4781 Год назад

Great video really helpful nice work bro

@Fishtory Год назад

Thank you, im glad you enjoyed it

@madhatterjones4781 Год назад

@@Fishtory I'm interested in this stuff cheers

@mboychuk1310 Год назад

Great video. Thanks for the awesome content. This shop is so gorgeous too! 😍

@globalist1990 Год назад

Easy plants: floating and terrestrial. Those are fool-proof imo. As I'm learning I have a mix of a few different varieties. My ludwigias are doing very well, even get a bit of colour at the tip, but my lighting is not ideal. I also have very fine sand, which I hear can be hard on the root system of some plants.

@gardockis.playground Год назад

Mayaca hates me but I won’t give up on our relationship 😅

@Fishtory Год назад

It likes really soft water with flow ideally

@brickosaurus2276 Год назад

Any experience with having goldfish and darters in the same tank? I recently set up a 55g native species tank. The current stocking is 10 orange throat darters. My original plan was to add one pumpkinseed fish as the centerpiece, but I'm not 100% sure they would get along. I also have a 29g with a wakin goldfish and I was wondering if I could put it in with the darters. Would that be a bad idea?

@Spacey7 Год назад

Thank you Alexander I've had a few disasters with plants but seem to have got some of them right & they're very healthy. The Java Ferns I bought I left one in the ceramic ring & the other one I separated, the one in the ring is doing a lot better than the separated ones. At a loss to why?

@checkthefishbox8556 Год назад

I am about to watch but my "easy plants" i sell to new keepers of plants are money wart, hawthorn, anachris, anubius, sword plants, and rotalla rotundifolia

@monicaharmonica7152 Год назад

You’re the aquarium whisperer

@Fishtory Год назад

I try... but you kind of have to yell, they dont hear too well

@WaterSong144 Год назад

Hi Alex I’m trying to join as a member but it’s not letting me. I’ll keep trying.

@xXUnKowNDeiTyXx Год назад

Help! I just found dragonfly nymphs! I removed the plant that I suspect is the culprit but I keep finding them and plucking them! I have 7 shrimp and 11 rasboras and a handful of snails that made themselves at home but so far, nothing seem to be missing. I don't want to have to reset the whole tank cause I just got it cycled. I only have one other tank but it hasn't been cycled yet so I can't move them over. What do?

@Fishtory Год назад

Oh dont worry, just remove the nymph thats all.

@deborahcollis9814 Год назад

Biggest hate for easy plot packs, some aren't even aquarium plants.

@Fishtory Год назад

Oh yeah thats a big pet peeve of mine...or its moss balls, pothos and spider plant...while i do like pothos, the moss balls arent a plant even lol...thats algae!

@MinhHieu-ie6eh Год назад

Hey uh i has a question ? Do you know any nano north america fish that are top-dwelling fish and bottom-dwelling fish ? And can live in a community tank ?

@Fishtory Год назад

Least killifish heterandra formosa... thats what comes to mind instantly. But there are more too, elassoma will take up the water collumn in a species only tank or biotope... flag fish i suppose too....rainbow shiners and metallic shiners do as well

@MinhHieu-ie6eh Год назад

Oh ok so are there any more nano NA fish can you think of ?

@donttalktome4696 Год назад

I don't think crypts are easy, although they are sold as beginner plants. The only way I can keep them from melting is cranking CO2 for a week.

@Fishtory Год назад

If they aren't aclimated to under water... yes crypts are like impossible to transition without melt. But if you get under water cuttings, they do well usually.

@globalist1990 Год назад

I was told they would take a month before I see any growth. They're hanging on so far, no melting, we'll see.

@user-vd5gj3id7m Год назад

For me all aquatic plants are difficult 😅😅

@goosenotmaverick1156 Год назад

Bruh java Fern for me. Supposed to be easy, all ive done over the last 5 years is get them to make more babies and look uglier until they all die lol. And no I'm not planting them in the substrate. I've tried tons of different things, lighting, substrates, I've even tried growing them in tanks without fish 😂 but I can keep everything else alive no issue haha

@mboychuk1310 Год назад

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@melwohl37 Год назад

Java fern not so easy 😅 lol so much for that 😅

@lisagayhart2482 Год назад

Wegelia is easy . Almost too easy. I am giving away lots

@Thomas.V.-223 Год назад

👍👍👍🐟🐠🦐🦀🦐

@Fishtory Год назад

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@Thomas.V.-223 Год назад

@@Fishtory love the work and knowledge brother.

@madhatterjones4781 Год назад

What would your go to 'easy' plants be?

@Fishtory Год назад

Probably hornwart, pearl weed, guppg grass, xmas moss or java moss and lilies

@madhatterjones4781 Год назад

@@Fishtory yeah cool nice

@1Kent Год назад

Large snails can uproot stem plants. 😠

@vikkirountoit497 Год назад

I'm laughing because I watched a bunch of small snails gather at the base of some micro sword I had just planted - they got onto the plant, faced the substrate, and started moving forward slowly pulling up the plants as they moved until they could feast on the roots!?! I was so mad but absolutely fascinated!

@blaznmax8877 Год назад

This is what I've been needing to hear

@blaznmax8877 Год назад

My new 20 gallon long with bunch of plants .. ones not doing well are bacopa plants few different types .. buce ,and cryps ,anudias and others doing well. Idk why

@Alhabeeb43 Год назад

Hope you are alive and well and are taking the vacation you deserve. Missing the daily dose of interesting content 🥲

@Fishtory Год назад

Aww thanks..and yes im back and working on content editing and catching up on comments and emails etc.

@lickmytoaster9550 Год назад

~TLDR: Im new to the hobby and need help building my microbiome to stimulate sparkling gouramis (and build a healthy ecosystem overall)~ I know it’s not really related to the video but I really need your help with creating a good micro biome for my fish tank. I’m on my first fish tank (you’ve already responded to my comment about it on your backyard culturing video), it’s a 55 gallon (tall unfortunately) with 4 inch deep substrate (mix of sand and rocks with bagged aqua soil, topped with sand on one side and gravel on the other) and working towards being heavily planted. I had it set up with snails for a few weeks before adding 8 blue velvet shrimp and then about 20 isopods which included a couple scuds, detritus worms, and some unknown blobs that I added. Finally a couple weeks later (now) I’ve got 3 sparkling gouramis with 6 more otw to attempt to cut down on hydras which I also apparently added. I’ve really enjoyed watching the sparklers hunt once they got comfortable and I just really want to give my micro biome a head start so I can have lots of cool little critters for the sparklers to hunt. I just have no idea what stuff to add and what source to get it from that won’t be like from a pond and add terrible parasites.