EMERSED PLANT BIN set up, tips and maintenance

In todays video I show you guys how to set up an emersed plant bin. These are a great way to save money and plants in the aquarium hobby. These are a great way to farm aquarium plants for future scapes. The emersed bin I showed today is super budget friendly at only $30cdn. I also go over how to maintain and care for your plants to ensure they are happy and healthy!
If your looking for some plants to grow in Canada here is my site where I sell plants directly from my tank: kalemsfishtanks.ca
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[@criteschristine]

I Love this video! This is a great method if you want to do a contest tank and start collecting plants early as they become available or even a scape that you have because whenever I’m ready I always have trouble sourcing some plants! I love the water in the bottom ferts method too! Freaking genius Kalem!

[@KalemsFishtanks]

Definitely helpful for contest tanks! Thank you for watching Christine glad you enjoyed it!

[@Guppy_Girl]

I use those containers for plants too. They are great because they have a gasket in the lid to help keep humidity up.

[@KalemsFishtanks]

They definitely do a great job! 😁😁

[@johanna006]

To make holes, hold a needle or nail with a wooden clothes peg or pliers. You can also use a metal paper clip opened up.

[@TEJASN324]

can u do a video only for buce?

[@AquariumPlantLab]

Good stuff! 🌱

[@fishingnerd36]

Thanks for the great video

[@schilling3003]

I know this is an old video, but get a cheap soldering iron to make the holes. If you don't already have one, you can probably get a free one if you looked around.

[@GardenEvolution]

Just the video I needed! Off to grow out some sensitive tissue cultures!

[@sydneygoode5505]

This video was so helpful!!!! Thank you!

[@KalemsFishtanks]

I’m glad it could help!!

[@LittleOng]

Thanks for sharing! Just what I need to keep my excess plants.

[@KalemsFishtanks]

Thank you for watching! Glad it was helpful! Its always a shame throwing them away

[@theaquaticdesert]

Can’t wait to try this out and plant my bucephalandras that i got from japan!

[@KalemsFishtanks]

Oooo Im sure those are super sick!

[@mypeeps333]

Great video once again ! You are such a smart kid ! Well young man I say kid because I'm old 🤣🤣🤣😘

[@KalemsFishtanks]

Hahahaha thank you again! Appreciate all the support!

[@GavinKohAquascaping]

Very good information Kalem. I am thinking of doing something similar, just deciding on whether to get a cheap 20 gallon long or do what you did. You also mentioned Springtails. I will have this setup in my house, will they escape and I'll have little bugs all over the place? lol! Cheers!

[@KalemsFishtanks]

No they will not they can only survive in very high humidity.

[@ratsika3]

What kind of fertilizer are you using?

[@pecal1115]

I was hoping you're going to show a lot of your buce/anubias set up because I was mainly focus on that based on your intro 😂😅... Sharing my experience for around 4 months up until today. I'm doing 2 styles of emmerse. One is like a terrarium set up (basically just aqua soil + lava rock + osmocote fert) and another one is the shallow water set up (water below a pot, like you did + liquid fert). The lighting, for the terrarium, I put it quite close to the terrarium, for the shallow water the lighting is high just like yours I found it the light source is quite near to the plants, some plants will give a very different color (not burnt). For example, my buce Malawi in my terrarium exhibit a mix of dark green + golden green color whereas in the shallow water, the buce Malawi stays dark green To clarify, the terrarium I use a fiber tank with an acrylic lid. The shallow water I use a plastic tub just like yours, but 3x bigger and taller What I experienced is....shallow water is by far the best one. The temperature is quite easy to maintain by itself for all the space it have + the water really helps. Humidity wise, I just left a small gap using the tub "lock" and so far no issues with drying out and no mold issues whatever For the terrarium set up, my fiber tank is sort of a shallow style. Some of my plants does take some time to acclimate since there's no water, only the substrate is wet + will be sprayed 1-2 times a day (especially my country is getting hotter these days). Plants can easily root and especially for those that send runners like cryps, lagenandra, they can grow easily and spreading out is an advantage. However the biggest downside for the terrarium, terrarium need a good flow in air ventilation (again, this will depend on your surrounding, temperature humidity, and your location to place the set up). Shallow tank is okay but you need to play with your setting so it doesn't end up drying out + it doesn't store too much humidity. One of my terrarium set up is literally beside my window, which is a no no for terrarium. What I believe, if you make it a "high humidity" set up with less air flow, and you place it near to a warm/high temperature place, that will cause your plant to melt and mold will easily appear, which has happened to me. And one of my assumption is, doing shallow water will give very less mold issue than terrarium.

[@KalemsFishtanks]

Thann you for sharing your findings! Very interesting! Do you think the lava rocks themselves play any sort of role?

[@sunshinecarnivores1919]

Thinking about growing some aquarium plants like this but not sure if all of them will grow emersed. Primarily grow carnivorous plants.

[@KalemsFishtanks]

A good majority will do great! True aquatic plants like jungle Val, Java fern, and things like hornwort won’t. But most plants you can find in a 1-2 grow from like tropica will do great!

[@Diegovl100]

Qual temperatura?

[@g0ddsidet128]

Dope video bro @1:09 what’s that red stem plant in there? The single one

[@KalemsFishtanks]

Ludwigia glandulosa! And thank you!

[@erikm8372]

Am I that dumb…? I never even considered heating up a metal object with a lighter, instead of using a soldering iron. Something which I just broke and repurchased for $30 😬 haha. I guess like you did here, with a sewing needle, if I ever wanted smaller holes in something I’d do it that way. I do have plants in semi-hydro so there’s always a need to make more holes in pots. 😊 Speaking of, all of these types of plants thrive in semi hydro setups but I’m sure you knew that. Lol.

[@chelseastevenson8767]

Can you use previously submerged plants for this?

[@shannarafryer3111]

Yes, as long as they can grow Emersed

[@schilling3003]

Organic material breaks down slowly, often as long as 5 years for all of the nitrogen to become bioavailable for plants. You are going to get better growth if you add a synthetic fertilizer with soluble nitrogen.

[@sidthompson9538]

The lava rock is less for the plant health and more for people who want to grab some out quickly to use it. Most people want to attach anubius or buce to driftwood or rock to put them in the tank. If it attaches itself you don’t have to use glue or string- and lava rock is a lot cheaper than the alternatives

[@KalemsFishtanks]

That makes a lot of sense for sure! Now I regret setting up some of my plants without it hahaha

[@johanna006]

You don't need fancy soil. Garden soil will do. That's what they grow on in ponds.

[@TheRLDoggo]

Lesgoooo