3 AQUARIUM CARPET PLANT TIPS! How To Grow Carpeting Plants BETTER

[@teddie8491]

Three Plants mentioned in the video are 1. Dwarf Sag - 1:43 2. Dwarf Chain Swords - 3:27 3. S. repens - 4:56

[@dadeline]

S. Repens was the first plant I ever got and it was the best. I think it looks amazing when it grows in! And I kept it in a small 5 gallon... I HIGHLY recommend it!

[@AQUAPROS]

GREAT CARPETING PLANTS Dwarf Sag ►amzn.to/2kxD7pt Dwarf Chain Swords ► amzn.to/2k5zKWd S. repens ► amzn.to/2k5tI7W

[@bradlum5313]

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[@melinatremblay2444]

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[@ericqian461]

Wow. I've been searching for a good video for carpeting plants and this is the best video yet. Easy to follow, not boring and very informative.

[@LoveRupee]

I love the S. Repens! I have that in my nano tank, they really took well and grow like crazy. Mine are low and fat, but I'd love it if it were more dense. I love the the look of the fluffy bottom.

[@jovitadimas-harms9711]

I know I'm totally late in the game, but Ive been watching your videos constantly and you've talked about your kiddy pool projects, but is there a video on how to do this? I feel like it will save me a lot of money growing plants out like this. Many thanks.

[@josephg.8919]

What’s that black & white fish ? Beautiful

[@bradsmithstudios8881]

The patience point has been a hard lesson for me. But now that I’ve learned the discipline to space changes out by two weeks, things in my algae train wreck of a 55 are really starting to improve.

[@tonycook3345]

You flow through this like your an expert! Thanks for the solid video!

[@Thisisnotmyrealname8]

how come I don't care about plants unless they are underwater?

[@1014p]

Thisisnotmyrealname8 easier to tinker with and grow?

[@Follow_Jesus]

Chik Nuggets「тм」 ha! Yes honestly I am a control freak at heart but honestly my wife is of course in control for most things (avoiding fighting) my tank is my space 😎

[@ravenwolf19501]

Same

[@user-tb4sl4ex2q]

Wow... I was think that the other day

[@OmarTheDeadAziz]

because if its not underwater, its not aquascaping, & there is another whole hobby on that

[@anthonyragan2696]

Good video. I have E. Tenellus in my tank and, you're right, it's a aggressive carpet plant. It was supposed to be just the left front of the tank, but runners have gone everywhere. It's stayed fairly short, too, maybe an effect of having a Planted+ on just a 20-long, so fairly shallow. Substrate is eco-complete, btw.

[@kaybell1012]

Hi I love your vids. I want to start using plants in my tanks, but I am not sure how to clean the tank once I have a planted tank. Please provide information about cleaning a tank with a few plants and a lot of plants. Thanks :)

[@DuzzyDobbin]

Beautiful tank mate, wow your rum ya are so red.....beautiful! Also what’s your gravel/substrate?

[@youngjaeji]

I gotta get that archerfish man, I love it.

[@crashjunkie3106]

Good video Mike. Lots of info. I'm going to try a planted tank for the first time in many years of fish keeping.

[@maulanaodelia5193]

great tips mate, the last tip is the most important i believe

[@Jeff-ik9zj]

Sagitaria is amazing, mine is starting to carpet in my mid light, no ferts, no Co2 plain sand and gravel tanks. It looks like small vallisneria. I have the bigger variaty

[@hawksight200]

I am so struggling with monti carlo I have co2 high lights ferts a good flow it seems to be slow to grow and i often find it comes away from the substrate. I use aqua soil love learning though this one's got me beat great video pal

[@AQUAPROS]

+hawksight200 ya monte carlo can be tough sometimes even though its supposed to be the easiest form, im kinda in the same boat with ut right now :/

[@dumpymcdumpersin4115]

Tank looks awesome! I am working on my S. reopens carpet right now as well. What is that cool looking crinkly leaf plant on the right front next to your s. Repens at 6:26. The one that is short and seems to fan out?

[@cheryllong995]

How do you clean your gravel with a lot of plants, especially carpet plants ?

[@TazawaTanks]

Great tips Mike!

[@matthewkluczinske6145]

Hey man! I really like your aquarium style. Could you do a video on one of your tanks and all of the parameters? Water: RO or Tap CO2 amount Fertilization Lighting: Type of lights and photo period Weekly Water change / maintenance schedule I think this would give a great idea of what it takes to get the results that you have! Have a great weekend!

[@AQUAPROS]

+Matthew Kluczinske Ill start working on it :) thanks for the good idea!

[@sanfordbinder983]

Matthew Kluczinske was

[@kg2nc]

Alot of good info on this video alway watch to the end. Thanks

[@AQUAPROS]

+Ruben You da man Ruben ;)

[@mose1356]

AQUAPROS tank u get it lol no but really thanks

[@angel.heart007]

Thanks so much! Now when you say “good spectrum” how do I achieve that? I have the fluval led smart thingy lol I can set the sunrise, daylight, sunset and night. It has pink, blue, cold white, pure white and warm white adjustable colors. I have no idea what to set it on. Please let me know if you have any advice on that. Thanks!

[@gracehart6289]

Did you figure it out? Same tank bout to arrive at my door tomorrow

[@dansethner705]

I know the Fluval Aquasky has a plant setting you can choose

[@y2keclipse]

Great video as always! I'd love to hear your thoughts on ripariums and the science behind them!

[@rickelias8406]

Doing a great job, wonderful habitat for these little heavenly creatures. Many blessings.

[@HM-lk3pq]

I love it! How do you keep your rummies happy? Ph? Gh? Kh? I'm having trouble with mines.

[@AQUAPROS]

+Rommel R ph 7.2 GH and KH are both 4

[@cjday573]

Rommel R what exactly do you mean by happy? commercially available rummynose tetras have been bred to the point of tolerating a wide range of parameters except very alkaline water as it messes with their kidneys. If they aren't very red in the nose, you may be looking at a disease or parasites, high levels of something like nitrate or ammonia, or even just them being uncomfortable in the tank. Maybe not enough of the tetras for them to shoal effectively, or there could be a larger fish that is causing them to hide or become stressed. I recently got some danios, which are top swimmers, and my rummynose are much more outgoing and very aggressive feeders.

[@HM-lk3pq]

chris day I meant that Mike's rummies noses are blood red and to me that's a sign of being happy. I have 6 rummies 3 zebras and 1 brilliant rasbora. For a while I've been having a problem with my own rummies noses not showing any red. Then one day I sunk 3 almond leaves and when the tannins released, the noses started turning red. My water is hard here, I think over 7.6. I got some seachem acid buffer and I've been dosing 1/4 teaspoon for 3 days now on my mr aqua 12gal long. It's still at 7.6. I have pool filter sand as my substrate and dragon stones and no plants yet. I'm even using organic peat inside my HOB. I don't wanna use the seachem long term. I don't wanna use RO because of the cost. What do you recommend I do?

[@cjday573]

Rommel R​ based on your description, I'd say you either don't have enough fish, or the lack of plants is stressing them out due to there being minimal hiding places. If they got more red after the tannins leached from your almond leaves, its quite possible that the darkening of the water helped, or maybe the actual leaves being in the tank provided some sort of shelter for them. I personally keep my rummies in tap water with a PH of 8.4, so I don't think it's your parameters. Personally I would add more dither or top swimming fish if you could manage it, rummies sort of rely on top swimmers to signal that everything is okay in the open water, or in the absence of dither fish, large shoaling numbers create security.

[@OR6600]

Well done! Looks great!

[@sarahnipper7063]

So thankful for the recommendations!!!! But a quick fish question, what’s the red faced tetras that’s in the tank with the neons? I️ want to say that they’re rummy noses but idk.

[@jaelj2320]

Hey thanks for the vid! I have a 50 gallon hi tech planted tank, and have been slowly converting my 10 gallon to plants. Within the last week i have planted dwarf hair grass as a carpeting plant. I am also using the 24/7 finnex planted LED light, so my question is how happy are you with the light in regards to plants? I've never used LED before and was wondering long term your thoughts. Since i have it on a 10 gallon its quite a bit shallower than a 90 gallon. Thanks in advance :) Also do you use the 24/7 settings or do you use it on a separate timer?

[@jaxyocean8799]

So, I'm thinking of growing plants in already established 55 gal tank with fish. Is this still possible? I mean I could take the fish out add nutrient rich soil, etc. And get this started without harming the fish? Because it seems I will need to take out the substrate thats in there right now. .... Just wanted to get an idea what Im in for, what kind of supplies I'll need. Any suggestions or tips or links would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks for your time! Btw, I enjoyed your video and like the work and what your doing!

[@anthonypope8429]

Hi I got my self some Monty carlo for a carpet but mine are going in to melt down Since I put them In my tank they was very strong will they grow back I do put in co2 and plant food cheers happy fish keeping

[@ArtByStephenB]

Could you please tell me what size aquarium is behind you at 0:30? Gorgeous tank :)

[@gregmead1745]

Thread might be dead but, what is a good substrate you'd recommend? I have a tank with gravel and silk plants and pretty unhappy with them. Without replacing the gravel entirely, would growing patches of any of the plants be a good idea?

[@anonymoose116]

I have had success in growing in gravel. Root tabs are your friend. If you decide to break it down, a good organic soil substrate with gravel or (better yet) sand is great.

[@yrizel1620]

How often do you have to water them?

[@ChristopherLeeFoto]

Great tanks..thanks for sharing...what is the name of the bushy groundcover plant in 13:24...is it blixen?

[@cmarms8724]

Can I put carpet in my planted puffer tank? I followed your planted tank setup and I'm loving it.

[@susanmyer4478]

Great info. Trying to gather info so I can start my first aquarium. Thanks

[@eallen7772]

This was the video I needed. Awsome job.

[@KaiserFailed]

Patience? Excuse me? What's that? xD

[@AQUAPROS]

+KaiserFailed lolllllz

[@somnathdhadge5634]

You have to wait or see or study

[@willwinn8559]

I thought patients were what doctors have ? 😞 oh , lol

[@richardeldridgesr100]

So, I recently started a small 5 gallon starter aqua scaping tank that eventually will hopefully be a feeder shrimp breeding tank. I have some hairgrass and some dwarf swords coming for it as well as some micro swords and water sprites. Hoping it goes well once the plants get established. Learning the "patience" part from my red eared terrapin hatchling whose constantly teaching me- and he's already learned the art of begging and that sometimes I am a sucker for those little begging eyes and the fact that he will keep staring at me as I am working on my computer. An off the subject question for you is, what species of shrimp in your opinion are colorful and easy to breed?

[@thegrumpyoldmillennial328]

what is that beautiful large white fish with the black dapple spots?

[@danishsheikh4324]

Does anyone know?

[@senayskii4118]

@@danishsheikh4324 archerfish?

[@1lapmagic]

Where did you get the small size gravel used in these tanks? I'm looking for gravel that is basically large sand. Tiny, 2mm-3mm pieces. Yours is one of the closes things I've seen.

[@NaturesWhim]

Patience and interest! The two main reasons why i stay and keep on going for my planted aquariums 🥰🥰🥰

[@beng393]

Hi, I have a 29 gallon tank. What do I need to look for in a light if I wanted to go with leds? Are there leds that specific for aquascaping?

[@mitchellzurick4220]

What do you use under the small rocks (8:00) to help the plants grow? Or are the rocks the active substrate?

[@1014p]

Mitchell Zurick he might be capping something like composed based soil. You can grow plants in gravel just as well. I use sand with osmocoat plus long release, 1 ounce per 25 gallons.

[@itssimplyalex8926]

super helpful video! thanks for the upload 🐠🐠🐠

[@animeforlife12]

thank you so much for this video!!!! i was trying hairgrass and it wasnt working, so i was looking for other carpets but i just couldnt find the right ones. i brought a high power light so itd carpet, but that just caused it too go brown and not grow one bit

[@animeforlife12]

i also dose iron just in case and no change

[@andysuryantorovanruzzette8085]

TheJibootyinfiresme hairgrass could be stubborn at times, what kind of substrate and fertiliser are you using? In my tank, hairgrass grow quite easily as long as I maintain the balance between the light, CO2 and fertiliser

[@animeforlife12]

Andy Suryantoro van Ruzzette hi :) i used dosed, and tablet fertilizer, i have it in fine sand and just normal sand too. i had co2 till recently but i ran out .. but it was eith a high power light, with co2 for 2 months

[@andysuryantorovanruzzette8085]

TheJibootyinfiresme if your light is high but there are not enough CO2 then you will have algae, is your tank also have algae? If not, then it's possible that you either you lack sufficient fertiliser or your sand is not suitable for the hairgrass

[@animeforlife12]

Andy Suryantoro van Ruzzette i do get algae since the co2 ran out, in my other tanks i get minimal algae, just a bit on the glass. ive moved most of the hairgrass out of that tank for now, hopefully itll grow in the other tanks. Thanks for the advice :)

[@SuperHooverdam]

Did you use potting soil and sand on these in the videos?

[@EvilKeevil01]

Is there a video of this tank, curious of the fish stock?

[@tashavladimiroff1874]

Beautiful tank.

[@nancychan6374]

Can I plant the seeds in a mature tank with fish and shrimps? Or would that hard both of them

[@chino3151]

Hey Mike. Love watching your videos they are verry informational. But i would like your opinion,help,tips on my new setup. I just went out and picked up a 20 long. I want to do dwarf baby tears in front baby tears in the middle of the tank and some Vallisneria Italian in the back.. but i have the baby tear seeds.. how do you suggest id start them out? This would be my first planted tank with the inspiration form some of your tanks that have a very nice green carpet.. thank you and hope to hear from you..

[@kerrycampbell9083]

I grew glossostigma from seeds… grew in great and looks amazing. Only problem is the roots are not holding and fish are pulling it up in bunches

[@mel_j_ley5661]

Hey, how would you recommend I use aquarium plant seeds in a aquarium that's already full of fish and water! ?

[@1014p]

Mel_j_ley drop the seeds after removing some substrate. Sprinkle with lights off then put back removed sand. That simple

[@jay-rs7gj]

can i mix aquarium gravel with substrate?

[@letsgoglambingexplorelife4705]

I have java moss and i wanna make carpet..so could you please help me on what substance /material i should tie my java moss before keepin it in aquarium

[@pekka9150]

Hi ! I have gravels in my aquarium , could that work to plant a carpet plant? How often do you change water in the aquarium? Thank you in advance !

[@michaelsorensen7567]

Gravel can work depending on the plant. I can't help you much there, but other vids should. Water change frequency depends on a lot of variables like size of tank, number of fish, etc, but generally most advice I've seen says at least 20% change weekly for general purposes. Hope your tank is going well!

[@mikemango3350]

how to plant saggitaria subulata properly? some say dont plant it too deep, can i plant it on ADA light substrate?

[@deletethemedia3445]

I'm trying to grow s repens. The old leaves are turning brown but I also have new green growth. Am I missing nutrients?

[@chickinpicchickinpic9258]

I am wondering what type of fish is the black and white you keep with your rainbows?

[@1111Enrico1111]

as always beautiful plants!! do you think that with my vallisneria gigantea that reach the surface i have to put a co2 valve?

[@ozzy2753]

should we seed it or buy it in bunches?

[@asianarowana9780]

you cant seed aquariumplants, there are not aquariumplants that have seeds

[@xSciyoutube]

@@asianarowana9780 ya they're everywhere just Google it you can buy seeds just like any plant

[@floydsfishes2856]

good video Mike definitely took some notes thank you and tanks looking awesome BTW

[@jeremymarks8587]

I just bought the first plant you were talking about, and it has started to yellow after the first day and the leaves continue to slowly die. I have the Coralife Aqualight Dual Linear Strip T5 Aquarium Lighting Fixture, 2X14 Watt, 24 inch for lighting. Would lighting be the problem??

[@jimsfishroom1567]

I've avoided using carpet plants in my heavily planted tanks (see videos at "Jim's fish room updates...") thinking that food would fall into them and the fish wouldn't be able to get at that food. The dropped food would decay and foul up the tank water. Any opinions as to why my thinking isn't founded?

[@Chaos_Draco]

You could trim down the carpets once in a while to make an "open space" near the middle and add the food there. It makes it a little more practical and visually a pleasing

[@jimsfishroom1567]

@@Chaos_Draco That's an interesting idea. But in feeding from the top, the food floats down all over the place, and if/when it falls into that non-open carpeted area, wouldn't the fish not be able to find/est it, and thus foul the trank?

[@Chaos_Draco]

That's what bottom feeders/shrimps/ or some of those plants are there to do :) They will go through those carpets and find all of those pieces of food scattered about when they aren't in the center

[@jimsfishroom1567]

@@Chaos_Draco Thanks!

[@darrenlarson4343]

I absolutely love this guy

[@RetiredCult]

Do you have a video for the proper method to clean a tank with soil? I have a gravel bottom with Amazon swords, which are fed by root tabs and vitamins I add to the water. They look great, but my ferns look tired. I would like to try soils, but I am afraid of ammonia buildup. Right now my tank is 4 years old and stable. Thanks!

[@1014p]

OldeOne deESuhrim ammonia shouldn’t build up with bio media. Though to run a no filter tank requires knowledge of that balance. Good book I’ve from FOO the Flowerjorn is, “Ecology of the Planted Tank”.

[@j23siempre]

so i sprinkled some seeds i bought from ebay onto gravel and they grew, but now i need to know how to get nerite snails from going underneath and making them come out of the gravel. tiny plants floating every where all the time :(

[@66broadway]

Don't blame your snail. Those eBay seed suck. They uproot them self over time.

[@123animalcrazy]

How many lumens and what wattage is a low/medium light for a 4ft planted tank?

[@sharonforee8166]

What kind of gravel do you use for the plants? Thank you

[@mikevhx5682]

Hi, how do you clean the substrate under the carpetplants? Isn't any rot building ip underneath?

[@karlrichardson8214]

The plants are using the nutrients from the rot and growing same as plants in your garden would

[@Cory_Dora]

What moss did you use to make that carpet of green under the carpet plants?

[@jasonmaslen3266]

G'day mate, What plants do you recommend for creating the illusion of depth in an aquarium? I realise that bigger leaf plants in the foreground working towards the back with smaller leaves to tiny leaf plants would create depth. Also using brighter coloured leaves in the foregrond and working your way towards the back with less brighter coloured plants would also create the illusion of depth. So can you recommend plants to create this illusion of depth?

[@chino3151]

Also what substrate do you recomend? I was thinking about doing pool filter sand over eco-complete. Or some sort of black substrate to make the carpet extend better and stand out more..

[@gabrielq8454]

I cant get my Repens to grow. They arent dying but they arent growing or spreading out at all. Im not sure what I am doing wrong :/ Yours looks so nice.

[@AQUAPROS]

+Gabriel Q Thanks! I vaccuum it a lot lol

[@rizalsadgun3096]

Gabriel Q use a good substrate you know , what substrate you using ATM ?

[@erikanucci5737]

Try using fertilizers and CO2 if it's not growing

[@george84m]

is the filter needed in this aquarium? and will these plants not cut off my fish's fins ?

[@mattvo3516]

george marko .actually, plastic plants will cut fishes fins. You’ll need a filter, lighting and at least two substrates. I use ADA Amazonia and black sand fluorite. You can buy some plants like java moss on amazon as well. These plants will help the fish breathe better and provide them filtrationas it’ll absorb nitrate

[@immeee44]

What is that really short grassy stuff in front of your S. repens?

[@AQUAPROS]

+Michelle Mantonya dwarf hairgrass!

[@immeee44]

Do you trim it to be that short? It looks really cool!

[@LEE-kq9tq]

What kind of fish is the black and white one? Gorgeous whatever it is!

[@orlitocanlas6945]

Yow bro! just wondering. If I ordered from Amazon will it come like the video that you showed? will it come with soil and everything? or I should still buy some? Thank you! more power to your channel.

[@mikeego8226]

Do you think I can grow dwarf sag with co2,fluorite gravel mixed with fluval stratum and a 6w led in my 3 gal?

[@miker.8743]

any tips for dwarf hair grass? I got some a while back and no matter how deep I buried them they always floated to the surface, eventually some dead strands started clogging the filter. how can I get it to spread and stay down?

[@JO-gi1cg]

I want a planted tank for my kuhlie loach tank but I'm worried that if I use rocks or gravel they will get hurt, should I use gravel and sand? Or just have a lot of carpet plants for them to hide in?

[@YOUSIYC7]

What’s that beautiful star looking plant to the right of the S Repen?

[@silverfawn9533]

hi i am looking to plant an axolotl tank. what plants do you suggest for a cold water, low light aquarium?

[@briannaboughner637]

Silver Fawn I'd like to know too !! So far I've found that Java fern and Anubias are good for the cold/low light conditions

[@nielswehrens8180]

Silver Fawn elodea

[@karlrichardson8214]

I used alot of floating plants it worked well because u can out lights on and the plants themselves give some cover from the light and the axies took mouthfuls of the duckweed and played with it XD but u can plant an axie tank u just need to be aware that thwy will more then likely ruin it for one and two u need alot of hiding places for um to get away from the light and stay away from ths light

[@marthanewsome6375]

For me it's always been cuba. Grow it like crazy with no CO2 or ferts. It is easy to grow, as long as you don't have fish that dig it up.

[@aquariumplantman]

Cheers for the recommendations.🤙

[@hello2641]

Hello! What is the name of the plant with a crimp look next to your S. repens?

[@Buchwald91]

Super informative video! Loved it! Miss my 720 Liters aquarium. Gonna get myself a 1000 Liters one when I move from my apartment into a house ;)

[@pa.fishpreacher6166]

when the carpet is thick like the repens, do you still gravel vac it or does the plant use up the waste/dirt?

[@AQUAPROS]

+Pa. Fish Preacher I still siphon it, lots of waste gets trapped in it

[@niclawrenson1906]

AQUAPROS how do you do that? do you lift up the reopens before vac or just stick the vac through the plants?

[@kathleenmonsegue9700]

amazon swords won't grow like the chain swords right? bcuz i bought and planted two inside my 15 gallon tank.

[@bubblerings]

I like that some of these are BIG Tank 'carpets'... as my 55 is of course also 21 inches deep.

[@dararussum4756]

I love how his fish follow him around

[@theworshipbunker]

How many hours or what setting do you use for your Finnex Planted+???

[@tritontr21]

Plant on the right side around 10 - 11 minute mark. Looks like a mini fern. What's it called?

[@austingutierrez7250]

Hey man great video. Wanted to ask if you could recommend a light I could use on a 210 gallom aqueon (72Lx24Wx29H) planted tank?

[@YtROrtiz]

Hey Mike, some of the S. repens in your tank seems to have a bit of hair algae. I've a glossostigma carpet but it's full of green hair algae, any suggestion to remove it fast without destroying my gloso carpet? thanks!

[@AQUAPROS]

+Ricardo Ortiz try spraying some hydrogen peroxide on it, just a few sprays though if you have a tank under 40 gallons

[@williamgoboff1772]

Beautiful tank mate

[@garythesnail11]

Was wondering what the spider looking plant is to the right at around 10:40?

[@vanessapeterson2157]

Thank you for posting this! :)