5 Aquarium Tricks Nobody Told You About

[@FishLoft]

Your tanks are amazing... thanks for sharing all your knowledge!

[@smack09]

Love the 1st tip. Patience!

[@birbal1987]

The Ludwigia colors at 8:39 are just awesome! I wish to become knowledgeable about plants like you. Thanks for these useful tips.

[@jefferybruce2332]

Beautiful planted tanks!!

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Gracias, great video. I use the siesta method not so much for algae control. I was told that when plants don't have access to light, they'll release CO2 therefor it a way to provide CO2 to your aquarium without use a CO2 system. Granted all my plants are low tech plants.

[@cruise.risingsoul]

thanks for the advice!

[@gracebromfield9070]

Great video, great information! I didn't know about using baking soda.

[@seannunes2041]

Yes. I totally agree. Very good information.

[@rara5212]

Important to know is that you could increase your sodium level in a quite unnatural high ammount!

[@tracys.6033]

Great tips. Thanks

[@lazyremnant380]

Chapter XI of Ecology of the Planted Aquarium is the origin of siesta method. It's a workaround to get the plants to receive long daylights without risking algae blooms, high electricity consumption, and overheating. Here's a verbatim quote: "Moreover, a siesta allows CO2 regeneration. With continuous light, plant photosynthesis depletes most of the CO2 by late morning. This means that during the afternoon, plants are competing for an ever-dwindling supply of CO2. Algae, which is more adept than plants in taking up CO2, gains an afternoon advantage over plants." This technique is intended for a low-tech tank without CO2 injection. So, it should go without saying that those who use CO2 injection on their tank will feel it's completely unnecessary.

[@ChristosChristos]

Here’s a thing you didn’t know as well and I will happily share it because many people do that because “someone else did it, it must be right” 😊 That Pothos you have above water surface is actually absorbing Ammonia and not your Nitrates. You literally deplete your bacteria’s food for just Pothos growth. Pothos and all terrestrial plants do not use a large amount of nitrates like our aquarium plants. Their main source is ammonia and soil decompose processes. Think about it next time you place a terrestrial plant there 😊

[@thomascrohan7810]

That’s interesting, so terrestrial plants actually hurt beneficial bacteria?

[@ChristosChristos]

@ Yes!

[@SarumanDeWhite]

@@ChristosChristosoh my

[@vishalsoni3181]

Great video mate.. wanted to knw what is the benifits of adding baking soda to tanks

[@underwatergardens709]

You can use it if you want to raise KH without affecting GH. Ideally, aim for a KH of around 2° and a GH of about 5-6°. Hope this helps!

[@Mixa2025]

What is the name of the plant in 4:55? Red color one. Thx

[@underwatergardens709]

There are actually two red plants in that part of the video-Rotala Narrow Leaf sp. 'Red' and Ludwigia Super Red.

[@Mixa2025]

@ thank you!

[@VivekSubramanian-e2h]

How to solve the white and black fungus on drift wood sir please help me

[@batkat0]

The white fungus is just bacteria and microorganisms. It's not harmful and it is temporary.

[@underwatergardens709]

The fungus on the wood is completely normal, so no need to worry! It’s harmless and will naturally disappear on its own after a few weeks.

[@pmnarendhar8407]

Hi sir this is Naren from India how are you do good happy New year and I need your help in black beard algae mostly it assess in Lilly pipe and some plant leaves I thought it might be due to over massive waves flow and finally just stopped surface Skimmer but even though it appears again kindly do help me❤

[@underwatergardens709]

Do you have any horned Nerite snails? They’ll happily eat it, especially if there’s no other algae left in the tank. Amanos will munch on it too! You might also want to try lowering your water hardness. When the water is too hard, calcium can mix with the algae, making it less appetizing for your algae eaters.

[@pmnarendhar8407]

@underwatergardens709 I have nerite snails and ammano also and my water hardness is 6gh

[@Poojagpawarr]

Dose liquid carbon to the affected area using syringe. It helped me kill it and then add Siamese algae eater. Within 2 weeks it will be clear. I’m from India too and this helped.

[@pmnarendhar8407]

@Poojagpawarr thank you

[@usmc187]

2:00 what kind of fish is this?

[@HarmanJot-xd5tz]

Blue german rams

[@andreareichwald4545]

German Ram

[@underwatergardens709]

"Hey, thanks so much for watching! That is a German Blue Ram

[@phlave]

Tissue culture plants can be far from clean, it's really not a given. Also, snails are friends! That said, cool video. I didn't know the Ph trick, nor the baking soda one. I'll probably use them sooner or later.

[@edwardharutian454]

It is a given. They have to be clean to grow in the gel

[@debrascheer4577]

90% of the time tissue culture plants die

[@edwardharutian454]

@@debrascheer4577 this hasnt been my experience with them, and doesnt mean they aren "clean"

[@edwardharutian454]

@@phlave .

[@ChristosChristos]

Another thing that I can share is that in a well established aquarium, you don’t even need a filter at all. Beneficial bacteria are everywhere. On plant surfaces, every single soil particle, inside the soil, on the glass, on your stones, on your fish, on the water column. You just need water movement so that they can absorb nutrients and also not cause “dead spots” so algae can benefit. If you place a small filter pump, maybe a pump, or just a skimmer or a wave maker you are good to go. Of course you still have to balance light/livestock/nutrients/temperature/co2 accordingly

[@edwardgreshii7194]

I never cycled any tanks and never had any fish die.