@Ceretrea Hey, thanks. Yes, some cichlids with plants can create an interesting setup!

Thanks!

It was an Aquatic Life Halo. I'm not sure if they are still around. The Twinstar will be better for growth. You're welcome

It seems durable, unlike magic erasers.

No, that's really high lighting. 50-70 PAR is all most hobbyists need

Yes, they stay small when fully grown

​@@ADUAquascaping Thank you! 😀 So, the tank is big enough.🙂 And it looks really beautiful! Well done!😊

@berryberry2308 Hey, thanks! It wasn't too large: 20 gallons / 76 liter The Ember Tetras just enjoy a lot of shadows. This is one reason why they were displaying such great coloration.

@@eccentricsmithy2746 I think you mean pressurized CO2, and that is only partially true. This channel is about optimization. CO2 enhances growth and morphology. It works synergistically with light. When you have more CO2, then the plants don't need to spend as much energy on photosynthesizing. It's more nuanced than just making blanket statements, such as you don't need CO2 for any of this. All plants need CO2, and some tributaries naturally have 25 ppm of available CO2. Plants do not even start utilizing bicarbonate as their carbon source until they reach the compensation point, which is at a 9 pH. These would be hard water plants, such as those found in the African rift lakes. Most plants are not from 9 pH areas and need CO2 in the available form, such as carbonic acid or gaseous CO2. All aquariums will have 4 ppm atmospheric CO2 from partial pressure. I have created many successful low-tech setups without the use of pressurized CO2, so I am well aware of how this is possible. However, pressurized CO2 always enhances growth and improves photosynthesis, including plant coloration and pigmentation. Improved photosynthesis makes plants more resilient to trimmings and can utilize more of the available light, which makes them grow more compact. All mosses, for example, grow more compact under pressurized CO2. You can believe otherwise, but plenty of examples will disprove your notion.

If it is a very simple aquascape using aquasoil, then you don't necessarily need to dose liquid fertilizers. The new soil has enough nutrients. And in the future, you can always add root tabs to the aquasoil

@@wcookiv I don't need your advice. Free speech advocates don't care about political correctness or being bullied. I want people to know who is speaking. It's no different than Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, or Richard Dawkins speaking their minds. I don't see them hiding from anyone.

You will want to dilute your tap water with RO water from a home system or purchasing at the grocery store. Have fun!

My Embers colored up once I added a lot of overhanging branches and created shadows

@ADUAquascaping ok good to know. I'm definitely going to have amazon frogbit and the lighting is fully adjustable on the tank I'm getting. It's a 32g fluval flex so I think I could have a good sized group of them. 18 to 20 of them I'm thinking

@FishRfun wow, sounds like a lot of fun 😁

Possibly. I may start back up once I get a bigger aquarium!

Thanks for watching

@@ADUAquascaping awesome, i just bought java moss. and i think the guy who sold it to me online sold it in underwater mode, because i planted it above water, and its barely growing. i also watched this video, and am going to buy a grow light.

@@muffineateromnomnomnom nice! That already sounds like a nice project. You can have some in the water and outside of the water! Sounds sweet!

@@ADUAquascaping yeah i want to transfer it to an aquarium, but im also broke, so i was like "dude, i can sell this stuff", but i think the guy who sold it to me knew what he was doing (or i suck), because its all dying. thats not entirely true, i put some immediately in the water, when i received it from the seller, and that is the only stuff that was growing right away, and has continued growing. but i only have ceiling lights, so my guess is thats why its not doing so hot.

Dwarf Xingu sword. Echinodorus xinguensis. It is fairly delicate in my current setup. It has been taken over by pearl weed but still alive. It would probably do a bit better with more light and nutrients. It faded a bit as the soil became depleted even with adding root tabs

@ADUAquascaping thanks a million!

It is a 4.2 gallon, but the actual displaced water volume is about 2.2 gallons

Right now, I just have one Emerald eye rasbora, one Amano shrimp, one black Nerite snail, and then a bunch of Ramshorn snails

Here and there 😂. Thanks Cam, how are your tanks doing? Which kind of setups do you have right now?

I have 3 Emerald Eye Rasboras right now that seem to be doing well and 2 Amano shrimp with a bunch of snails

Thanks, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

I hope that it helps you with your trimming techniques

Yeah, it works really well, but it's easier to just remove some water first, if possible. You just have to act fast if you do it under water and use the gel type super glue

It gives off a little ammonia as it cures, so nothing too crazy. The plants will just use it to some degree, and the rest will gas-off

Thanks never seen it used submerged

That sounds like a very good method! I like it! Well done, man, and thanks for watching

hope you comeback, i havent seen your videos for a long time. your skill is very good, i learn from you for all my moss tank and after some tanks i think use low light with high co2 and EI nutrient is the best for all plant. you can see ada skylight or ada solar, they are very weak in par reading, they use much green light in setting (they use rgb led ) for high lumen but low par so their tank dont have algea and many tank success with that light but the secrects is very simple. sorry about my bad English, i dont use English in my country.

that does make sense, and thanks for the compliment. I may start again once I get a larger aquarium!

Thanks!

hahaha! See what I am saying!!! haha. It is great therapy, too

No, that isn't what happened. A rim on a 10 gallon doesn't add much structural support, if at all. The silicone is enough force to keep a tank together. The rim on a 10 gallon is just to protect the corners and the person from being cut by glass. This is why and how rimless aquariums can exist because the silicone is doing the work. What happened is that my dad was bumping around in the night and knocked the aquarium off of the small table that it was sitting on. I just didn't want to embarrass him or say that in the video! Haha

A rim on a 40-gallon breeder definitely adds structural support

@@ADUAquascaping yeah in that case not even a rim could do anything. I removed braces from my 15g but then I watch a video of tank breaking because the owner removed the rim. I silicone back my braces, I dont want to risk it. This is where I came from.

It could be if you have hard water with silicon in your water or maybe even disruptions in your microbial balance and cycle. Oto catfish do a great job of eating it!

I used to think the higher silicon was a myth, but it may be true. And so can the microbial imbalance. It could be both or one or the other

Thanks, man. I am somewhat back, haha. I upload when I get an idea

It does until it starts to get thicker. Then, some areas can become detached. This takes a long time to occur, so it's not a big issue until 9-12 months after planting, and only if it gets super thick

I sourced a few portions of this plant and fastened it with some small elastic bands to wood in hopes it would aatch itself to it soon. I find that Süsswassertang atatches readily to hard scape. @@ADUAquascaping

That should work well. Mini pellia does attach fairly well! Sounds like it will be a cool setup! Both are attractive plants

Oh, man. I totally get that. I would still like to use CO2 on a larger scape, but yeah, it's really not needed on small tanks. It is exciting to see pearling in a low-tech setup. I find the lighting also helps as well as the water. Thanks for watching!

@@ADUAquascaping interesting channel. I almost never see pearling now as all my tanks are lowtech, but I still manage to grow healthy plants, slowly. I like the slower pace.

Yeah, me too. Slow, but healthy. Usually, if you increase your light and soften your water, then you can see more pearling in low-tech, but it's not necessary for sustained, healthy growth. Thanks for watching. I will have a new video out soon.

Yes, they do eat Java moss. They didn't eat the Fissidens moss. They may eat flame moss and peacock moss. They seem to really enjoy java moss.

Hi, can you purchase the same pressure valve UNS uses on their paintball cylinder and hook it up to the paintball cylinder you are using? Or can you purchase a pressure valve for paintball cylinders in general? I am not familiar with using paintball cylinders. Another option is to open the mini regulator valve and needle valve all the way as you connect the regulator to the cylinder. And make sure to tighten the regulator really well to the cylinder. Then, adjust the working pressure (30-40 psi) valve in the cylinder, and then adjust the needle valve as needed. I am sure this will be loud and you will lose some CO2 as you are tightening the regulator to the cylinder. I would first try and find a pressure valve adapter for the paintball cylinder. Similar to the one UNS is using. They are obviously using it for a reason. You may find it on Alibaba, Amazon, or Ebay. I hope this helps. I am not familiar with paintball cylinders and mini regulators, so I am not sure if the mini regulator can withstand direct pressure from the cylinder or not.

Hahaha

I am glad you like it. And I am glad you are enjoying the hobby. I will have to upload a new video soon. I am not as involved in the hobby right now because I lost focus

Thanks. Yes, it can be more about the design than healthy plants nowadays. It's becoming a made for photography hobby

Rotala rotundifolia may work or Ludwigia triple red or repens. Hard water just makes it more difficult for a lot of plants to use nutrients, so you will have better luck if you use a soil substrate and dose potassium in hard water environments. A lot of plants can acclimate to hard water over time, say 6-12 months.

Thanks!

Thanks! It has been pretty fun and easy so far!

Thanks, man! I got this new nano light. Aquaworx EOS nano. It's perfect for this tank and has way better color rendering than my previous light

Thanks for watching this old school video! Hahaha

Thanks. I got my PRS all set up really well. Sounds great and easy to play. Guitar Center had it all out of alignment

Hey, thanks! It's pretty easy to grow!

OK, many other people also agree with my sentiments and conclusions. It doesn't give me direct answers. I have to probe and debate with it in order to gain clarity on a topic. These are moralistic insights, so we can find just as many studies that agree as we can that disagree. I argue with it all the time. I know how biased and inaccurate it can be. I correct and educate it often, haha. I am convincing it, not the other way around. It eventually agrees with me, not I agree with it. If it weakens my arguments, then I won't make an appeal to the AI. I will just assume authority 😉 😜

It's extremely biased towards woke sentiments, to say the least, so I am always getting it to eventually contradict itself. It's preprogrammed to be left of center. I am a "don't throw the baby out with the bath water" type of person because we really aren't more intelligent than the wisdom of our ancestors. That being said, I am open-minded and will consider new concepts. Refinement, integrity, morals, beauty, perseverance, charity, responsibility, and optimization matter, in my opinion. I am biased towards Japanese and Germanic cultures. In my opinion, they are better in many ways.

Yeah, I remember. Congratulations! It always feels great to accomplish such a significant goal! 🙌. I am glad you are doing well. Man, I wish I could be more involved in the hobby, too. We will get back in eventually. It's in our blood haha

That's true. We all have to watch out for lies, hate, and even our own resentment and biases. The media does such a great job of creating hate among people. We have to rise above it all! Fear is always there to try and stop our expansion. We must rise above the fear! I want to make the channel more about morals, culture, health, and spirituality. I don't want to be a political jockey or spread more hate. We all have a dark side, but there is already enough hate in the world that I don't need to spread even more.

I once experienced a state of samadhi after meditating (dharana and dhyana). As I am sure you are aware 😉 I was not expecting this or seeking this experience. It just happened. I was totally sober, too. I stopped my mind and fell into pure bliss and laughed, and laughed like a madman. I laughed like I had never laughed before. I literally lost my mind! Haha. I became Buddha 😄. It was my own experience that is very hard to describe, and I feel blessed that this happened to me. The experience was more intense than any psychedelic drug or anything I have ever experienced. It was pure bliss, love, and warmth. This happened on October 9th, 2021. It was very profound.

Thanks for your support and encouragement. I hope he is... and I hope you can take care of your dad well, and I wish you two buds the best! I am sure you will do great and learn a lot from this experience

Thanks man!

Thanks! And thanks for supporting my channel

Haha thanks!

It's really alright. I have other things on the horizon, and my energy and intentions have shifted...

@@ADUAquascaping I see