RED ROOT FLOATER CARE | How to Enhance Their Red Colors

[@GirlTalksFish]

*Interested in other floating plants? Here's my care guide on Amazon frogbit: **kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIKumWeBireFZtk*

[@queenvalentina9544]

what size python do you use for your 20 gallon and also where do you buy your fish?

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@queenvalentina9544 I use the Python No Spill Clean & Fill Gravel Cleaner that's long enough to run out my back door so that the dirty tank water feeds my lawn: amzn.to/2HoVpH7 I buy my fish from Petco and local fish stores. 👍

[@queenvalentina9544]

What plants did you have in your 20 gallon community tank with your betta?

[@WorldAquariumSingapore]

This is nice as well, i will be getting some of it cheers thanks

[@AteTinaB1321]

I loveeee my red root floaters in my 20 gallon. My favorite thing to do is clearing out all but 2 or 3 floaters and seeing how much they grow!! In a month or so’s time, half my tank is covered :) it’s so satisfying to see 😍

[@Missaki26]

I have tried red rooter floaters twice and both time I killed all of them. I gave up trying to keep floating plants all together however, watching this video makes me want to try again now that I have this knowledge.

[@TankTastic]

The flowers will bloom regardless of the intensity of the light. I’ve had “green” red root floaters flowers non stop. Also the spectrum of the light matters. 👍😁

[@Dazai_s]

Did u use root tabs or sthg?

[@woodworkerroyer8497]

What lights do you use?

[@AetherlyFox]

I think I heard somewhere that green represents the plant is consuming nitrates and turn red when there are less nitrates

[@DannyNQH]

Great timing since I bought some from locally less than a week ago. They’re also on eBay if people are having a hard time finding it

[@MridulSinghMusic]

Red Root Floaters are really beautiful and useful plants. They are great for fry hideout as well!

[@michaelhladik3356]

i really like how you present the information...Thank you for your time and effort.

[@blunderbuss1395]

phyllantus is one crazy genus! it has annual weeds, fruit trees, caudiciforms, ornamental shrubs, trees used for farming nickel and aquatic ones like these

[@davidsamsell2031]

Perfect timing for this video. Am researching various floating plants for my aquariums. Thanks for all the information. 😊

[@GirlTalksFish]

Yay, I'm so glad to hear that!

[@savannamm]

I bought a small cup of these the same day you put this video out. Really didn't think they'd make it, they looked pretty rough. Now a month later I just spent an hour cleaning some out and moving some to other tanks because they're taking over! They suck down some nutrients though, I have to dose my 6 gal twice a week at the 10 gal dosage. I have noticed that if, for whatever reason, some of the leaves get pushed under the water, those leaves will die. It'll still keep growing, just not the ones that got waterlogged

[@raymondcheung6995]

Love the look of the red root, brought 10, only 3 finally growing

[@AlwaysMeForeva]

Tip from my seller: putting iron pellets or fertiliser with plenty of iron will make the plant a lot redder

[@shrimppimp4509]

Wont that kill shrimp

[@beaka63]

@@shrimppimp4509 Only if you have shrimp in that tank...

[@TheVoyagers.]

@@shrimppimp4509 you mean copper?

[@CanadianSoldier]

No tried dosing iron doesn’t work there is way more to this

[@pringles50g]

My plant multiplies quickly and has a beautiful red color. What needs to be done to make it bloom? - little water movement; - light 12h; - temperature 24-25 C; - micro and macro elements; - pH 7.6; GH4; KH7;

[@rickeyanderson5168]

Thank you, I had a lid on my tank which happens to be 5 gallon Betta tank. The lights that are attached to the lid are LED, It creates too much humidity and my red roots started to melt. I changed the lid out and put on a clip-on lamp that can go from bright to deem with bluer undertones this causes what remains to go green, not red. Then I got an algae bloom of algae hair attached to the roots. Sorry to say I lost all that I had I will try it again hopefully with a better turnout. Thanks again for sharing,

[@masonditmars6479]

Im setting up a marineland portrait with a few red plants and plenty of green, dragon stone and manzanita. Have been looking for floating plants but after watching this video, these are PERFECT. I have extremely low flow, tight fitting lid and the same finnex cliplight you did in your betta tank. Should thrive, atleast more than any other floaters.

[@idir7981]

It’s like u can read my mind 😊 i have frog bits as floating plant but i wanted to try these red floaters to add some colour

[@williamleidy6713]

These tips worked for a species of frogbit I acquired by accident. It has nearly filled a seven inch diameter ring of air tubing starting with just a few leaves.

[@rickyflaisig3971]

I run a hang on back and a stone on both 5 gallon and a 10 with minimal melt using flourish excel sparingly.

[@ChrisJohnsonCJs-Kitchen]

Now I really want to try red root floaters - I love the color. I do enjoy the frogbit too though & I know the root systems on them will make the ricefish I plan on keeping happy.

[@selfactualizer2099]

make sure you have a critter that can clean the roots pat the drowning ones with a dry tissue, gently lay them back on the surface, possibly using other leaves as structural support

[@gregorymeyer179]

Thanks for the information. The tubing ring is working great

[@vikkirountoit497]

Great video. I have issues with salvinia leaves rotting which I think is happening from humidity. Frogbit and giant duckweed seem happy though. Since it is a brightly lit tank, I think I'll look for some red root floaters to try as I like the color:)

[@slapstickfishing6565]

Hey, I really love your videos they have inspired me to get back into fish keeping, keep up the hard work!!

[@Vcaser]

Good stuff! My 10 gallon is being overwhelmed by algae and high nitrates in spite of the fact that I only have 6 Amanos in there at the moment. I am exhausted by the 50% water changes every two days that seem to be getting me nowhere. My live plants are all too slow growing to out compete the algae so I crossed my fingers and ordered some floaters from Amazon (can’t find locally). They are including 4 different species so hopefully one will make it. Thanks for these tips. After manually removing the algae again today I am going to just turn the light off until my floating plants arrive.

[@marielaavila9182]

Try hornwort it helped me out a lot.

[@Kyddoemiko13]

I am om my third try with them the aquarium lights may have been to intense. If the leaves turn black are they completely dead ? This time I am telling myself wait and ajust the lighting and see if there is a possibility for recovery 🤞🏼 I have water lettuce they are adjusting. I just want the red roots to flourish also. 🌿🍃🌿🍃🌿🍃

[@savannamm]

I definitely need some of these. Had to completely redo my betta's 6 gallon because it was overtaken by algae from my light and it's heading that way again even with medium light plants and a shorter light period 😩

[@audreyb777]

Thanks for the reminder on water flow, I just took out more than one third of my frogbit.

[@demerydough4173]

Those floaters are pretty cool, btw when are you releasing the Q&A you announced?

[@GirlTalksFish]

Gotta wait till I hit 50K subs first 😉

[@yiacrazy]

Great video! I got RRF during the quarantine. In the past, I killed it, but I think I've got it down... And yes, light, easy green, seachem advance and as a note, you should cull them if they grow too fast and don't have room, they will grow tall... It looks kinda cool, but then the leaves with roots will rot because of lack of light. I'm swimming in RRF... But I'll lose them when I add them to my tanks due to flow. I can't wait to set up a plant only tank...

[@corygang7001]

Great video! Coincidentally, I was about to get red root floaters for my 10 gal tank. My salvinia was taking up the whole top of the tank, so I wanted to get something easier to control. Thank You! This video helped me so much!

[@thomasb4467]

I have salvinia too. I just take a big scoop out every week

[@GirlTalksFish]

I love this stuff! In my 20G tank, I was able to grow it from one giant, central mound (because the new leaves didn't break off from the runners), so I didn't have to deal with individual floaters when doing water changes. It was the best!

[@gabriellebrock6350]

I know this is an older video so you may not see this I’m trying to cycle my first aquarium and had already bought these (waiting for them to come). Do you prep floating plants with the alum dip too-and if so, how does that work? Your videos have been fantastic!

[@ameliajeanxo]

Hi Irene! I absolutely love your videos & appreciate the time and effort you put into them. I’ve been in the hobby 2.5 years and you help keep my passion alive!! You put so much work into each and every video and it shows ♥️🤍 I was curious if there was any way to contact you besides here, to ask a question regarding something new in my aquarium? Thanks!

[@WorldAquariumSingapore]

coolest this is awesome plant , think i will get some as well cheers, anyone else had already bought some of these plants?

[@rccola454]

@girltalksfish I know this a bit of an older video, but something really caught my attention, I want to put a glass lid on my rimless tank and have a glass piece to put on it, but I have no way of securing it to the main tank. At the 1:50 time line in your video it shows what looks to be acrylic clamps to hold onto your lid. can you tell me where you found these?!

[@HeyImLeeMC]

How are the red root floaters doing with the lid on in 2022? I wanted to get some but all my tanks have lids so Ive been hesitant--thank you.

[@catfishcave379]

Interesting tidbits - I think I will try this plant.

[@lacrosseguy108]

i got mine to flower!!!!

[@fusion_hf782]

Would putting banana slices in the tank help with potassium at all?

[@finley6161]

Been binge watching a bunch of your videos lately, can't wait to get my own aquarium one day! 😊

[@GirlTalksFish]

That's great! Let me know if there are any topics I haven't covered yet that you'd like to see. :)

[@aliatheli]

Memento mori my friend, I’ve been binging too 😂 just got my first betta in a semi planted 10 gallon!

[@geminuri]

will lowering the air flow for a sponge filter make the filter less effective? i have a sponge filter with air stone on the lowest air setting the pump will go, but i might have to lower the air flow even more (because i ordered red root floaters before learning it needs little to no water agitation. argh.)

[@hkh2316]

will the frogbit outgrow red floater if put in the same tank?

[@mellow_monkee9176]

Hi I'm new subscriber, currently keeping female bettas and Ottos, very informative videos so thank you

[@randomnesschannel8820]

They look so nice

[@AmerEzzadeenAhmadNazri]

hi what kind of lily pipe should I use to accommodate floating plants? Thanks

[@poohbear6409]

I have salvinia natans. At first they kept turning brown and dying. But when I decided to add diy co2, the short roots became an 1 to 2 inch longer and the leaves became bigger.

[@ptaquatics3101]

Wow 😮 Great Video!

[@criffermaclennan]

Just added some Frogbit to my 29 gallon ...to keep my water lettuce company

[@rheashetty7059]

Hi, Love your videos! I'm currently going through a similar situation. My rrf are melting. Would you suggest 2hr aquarists apt zero for this problem?

[@hulkplate3100]

Have you ever tried aquascaping a bowl before? I'm going to try scaping a planted bowl soon hehe

[@dooksouls5423]

I *just* got some of these floaters yesterday! Perfect timing 😊

[@applebtrend3221]

can you recommend plant for high flow water?

[@unusualaquariumecosystems5805]

Nice, pretty flower. I had a lot of guppy grass but the snails at it.

[@mitulnath6727]

Love your videos always learn something new from your videos.keep up your good work

[@GirlTalksFish]

Aww, thank you so much!

[@daicaghund3587]

What is the lid you have on this tank @ 1:33? I have the traditional glass lid from the pet store but they all have that connection piece between the 2 smaller pieces of glass that blocks out that light and I would prefer to have as little obstruction of light as possible. It appears to be a rimless tank but there must be alternatives to the traditional 2 piece lid.

[@mo25115]

How often would you recommend dosing ferts? Just got these floaters and will be using the aquarium coop all in one and the seachem advance as you suggest. Thanks!

[@jarred4734]

Mine have ALWAYS melted away due to the flow in my tanks, but I recently gave my betta a sponge filter so I think I’ll have a chance now at growing them!

[@GirlTalksFish]

Best of luck! They're such a perfect plant for a betta tank IMO.

[@lacrosseguy108]

im looking to add some floating plants, i think ive decided between frogbit and the red root floaters. i cant find any frogbit but ive found someone selling the RRF so i think i might go with that!

[@lacrosseguy108]

finally decided on red root floaters, ordered online and recieved them today! they look awesome so far and are tiny right now! each leaf is a little smaller than a dime right now

[@lacrosseguy108]

today ive noticed like algae build ups between some of the plants, like bubbles of algae beside some of the leaves, what causes this?

[@toomanyhobbies8351]

Red Root Floaters. I’ll try them 👍

[@lasiodoragonzalez5270]

Mine bloom constantly, yet are not red at all. I don't fertilize my tank, and I have to remove half red root floaters every week and a half because they take over. Beautiful, easy to grow plant!

[@theufakefe]

Thank you!

[@thebeardedrailfan]

Would these work in a tank with some fancy goldfish? Great video as always!

[@deankaprolet3994]

Any advice on getting water lettuce leaves to get large and stand up?

[@deankaprolet3994]

I was thinking its a light issue but now after watching my tiger lotus leaves stand straight up when the lights go out I'm thinking it might need more periods of Darkness

[@cynthiabates965]

I wish I could find some red roof floaters in my area, but unfortunately with COVID-19 we haven't had any local swaps recently. I was able to purchase some amazon frogbit from a local hobbyist, but it did take about a month until it acclimated because it was being grown in an outside pond. I think maybe floating plants often have the same problem as crypts, with a massive die-off during acclimation, but then great growth once it's acclimated properly. My frogbit did exactly what your red roof floater did - everything died but 2-3 leaves. But once it acclimated, it started reproducing and getting those long, fluffy roots that make it so pretty in a tank. Now it covers almost half of the surface area of my 7.5 gallon cube.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Oh interesting! I never had a problem with my frogbit melting because of acclimation issues, so now I wonder if that's what happened to my red root floaters. 🤔

[@pew-fish-zone4749]

Question? What are the black and white fish in your background tank at 2:43 and other places in your video. Thanks for the video.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Ah, those are dalmatian balloon mollies! Unlike regular mollies, they stay much smaller. Great algae eaters too!

[@pew-fish-zone4749]

@@GirlTalksFish Thanks, the reason I ask is that I have some Platy's that had babies that looked like that, only a few, mix breeding or something I guess.

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@pew-fish-zone4749 Interesting! I've only seen a few dalmatian platies on the market so lucky you. :)

[@kumalala5238]

is it ok to put kuhli loaches in like a 15 gallon aquarium? (because my dad bought me a aqaurium with about 15 gallons. and he told that he is never gonna buy a bigger tank because first of all we don't have space and second of all we live in a rented house/room and third of all, tanks are costly in the region where we live in)

[@aqxnil9655]

Yay! This is so helpful!

[@johnwood738]

Did you have trouble with getting the leafs wet and them melting?

[@jsguppytalk5822]

Please make video about monte carlo care guide :) from philippines

[@SorensenBjerring]

Smart 🧠 trick, whit the loop, of the air hose.... I was waiting for this... 🤣

[@besthobbit]

I got some just the other week!

[@louisehesseldahl-clausen3578]

Hi Irene, I love watching your videos :D and I will ask you what camera you are using?

[@GirlTalksFish]

Just my cell phone 👍

[@louisehesseldahl-clausen3578]

@@GirlTalksFish What kind of cellphone?

[@GirlTalksFish]

@@louisehesseldahl-clausen3578 Ah, the Samsung Galaxy phone. Not sure which version was used for this particular video since I tend to upgrade every few years.

[@radvin943]

Hi lm radvin again I love it it was great

[@j0ckel617]

could you theoretically fertilize a tank with tiny doses of potassium chloride?

[@radvin943]

Do you have your batte fish

[@noahcorona4356]

I bought a cup of these for outrageous price from Petland aquarium adventure. Put them in all 4 of my fish tanks and they all basically died :( I believe it was the increased airation from bubblers or something that killed it

[@InkedAquatics]

Algae don’t like black water planted tanks very well However bettas LOVE them

[@notnormal-j2q]

My betta fish Cecil loves to nap in the roots of the water lettuce

[@grahamseale9533]

I noticed you had a pump on your seachem product. I have been looking for a pump to buy. Which pump did you use?

[@GirlTalksFish]

Unfortunately I can't remember! I just searched online for pump heads for bottles and made sure it was long enough to fit the bottle. Some of the pump heads will tell you about how many mL each pump is, but I just measured it to make sure. I believe my pumps output about 1.5 ml per squirt, so not super accurate but very convenient. I believe Nilocg sells empty bottles with pump heads that are a little more accurate, but they can be a bit pricey. www.nilocg.com/shop/pump-top-dosing-bottle-500ml/

[@adventureswithshiloh6117]

I hust picked some of this up

[@istoppedlaughing5225]

My red root floater started melting and I hadn't changed water for 1 month,what to do??

[@happyheartslee]

Mine died! So I will now try out your tips! ✨

[@aaronc134]

So basically you need really low flow? I just bought some but I think my tank has too much flow.

[@YASHNAIK01]

Thanks darling ❤️

[@Hobi-hv1oj]

Nice one! :)

[@kimberlyhenke8956]

Soundwave....Transformers....💙💙💙

[@me9876]

Hi, ik this isn't video related, but I though Sum1 in the comments might know. I have some brown algae, but mostly I have this strange white stuff in my 5 gallon. It is harmless but just wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of it

[@me9876]

@Le Baguette mostly on a piece of driftwood, although a little in a few other places.it looks kinda like some sort of mould and is slimy to touch

[@ArnoldQMudskipper]

It's probably a fungus. Is it growing on wood/plastic? Should go away, if you keep up with maintenance.

[@me9876]

@@ArnoldQMudskipper mostly wood, but a little on plastic

[@ArnoldQMudskipper]

@@me9876 I had it on air tubes. You can clean it off, if you want. It's harmless, just a little unsightly. Fish used to nibble at it.

[@me9876]

@@ArnoldQMudskipper tysm

[@danielwilson5502]

video just came out today wow i caught this just in time than you

[@GirlTalksFish]

My pleasure!

[@coolwater411]

Girl Talks Fish I just used my very first SEACHEM FLOURISH ADAVANCE hope it work for...ME!🙏🏻

[@art0rios]

Me enamore!

[@jasongoodwin8702]

I gave a like just because you named your fish Soundwave LOL.

[@Ashwellx]

These plants are available on ebay year round :)

[@diptydey3768]

Mam,my Amazon sword has holes in the old leaf( not new leaf) I use liquid fertilizer and not root tabs what should I do .please reply!

[@GirlTalksFish]

Amazon swords love to feed from their roots and will eat tons of root tabs every month if you give it to them. So definitely try giving it root tabs. That being said, if it's a brand new sword, it may just be absorbing its old emerged-grown leaves (that were grown above water) so that it grow new submerged-grown leaves (that are used to being underwater). Hope that helps!

[@diptydey3768]

Thank you for your kind reply ☺️💖

[@thegoldfishking7954]

Nice 👍

[@michaelmitchell5909]

So there shojldnt be hardly any flow at all?

[@hampton1315]

Do you still have your cherry shrimp tank? If you do can you update us! I love your channel

[@GirlTalksFish]

I don't, unfortunately! I actually wanted to breed other species, so I ended up selling them all. But it was a very successful tank that definitely paid for itself.

[@charliemalinis5028]

If you have a fair amount of floating plants the fish normally never jump out. I guess the feel secure

[@kayleed2497]

Floating plants make my water have a film on top, what can I do to prevent this or is it not a big deal?

[@lisajligon]

Add an airstone. The bubbles popping gets rid of that film.

[@GirlTalksFish]

Good question - the film is caused by lack of surface agitation. I usually only have this happen if I have too many floating plants overtaking the water surface. My tricks are to a) only let the floating plants cover 1/3 to 1/2 of the surface and b) put the floating plants in a circle of airline tubing so that the rest of the surface won't get the film.

[@marybethstevens5574]

I've been DYING to get my hands on some red root floaters! This is getting me prepared; I hope I find some soon! No fish auctions these days...boo covid

[@GirlTalksFish]

Oh man, they're the best! I love them the best so far out of all the floating plants I've kept so far.

[@robertcarter6887]

eBay has them

[@MidnightGeekSS]

I was just thinking this

[@GirlTalksFish]

Yay, I hope you give them a shot!

[@Maristiger15]

I can’t find this plant anywhere!

[@janayahuffman9990]

I NEED SOME someone link a site plz so I can order some

[@devonleavitt1771]

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