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[@johnterpack3940]

I always leave my plants alone after placing them. But my cories quite often have a different opinion of where they should be.

[@Woonytattoo]

Lol

[@andrewcolemansinger]

Bienny ononooo ok

[@BmCm0.0]

Yep I would recommend burying them deeper and if possible wait for root structure to grow more

[@eyadjamus7126]

100%. I love my Corydoras but they piss me off with there intervention in my aquascaping.

[@rynow1992]

Lol sameeeeee prob here my friend

[@pandascribbles7211]

When you buy big beautiful plants you’re not paying for the plant you’re paying for the roots.

[@tic857]

Pretty much or the meristems.

[@trishameloling2367]

😨

[@drunkkhajit5035]

@@trishameloling2367 you just have to wait for it to grow all the way

[@condorX2]

Good point. Something just come up as I read your comment. When I see aquariums, I see prisons zD

[@bo_392]

old farmer saying: _"you ain't growin' plants, you growin' _*_ruts_*_ !"_ (roots)

[@SandySwauger9644]

Great video! The biggest problem I have found is learning patience.

[@jamesjamesnet]

So true

[@TheFineLine920]

With all the aquarium videos... someone finally decided to do one on plants! Good man! Much needed & learned a lot!

[@josemontalvo4532]

I’ve been guilty of moving plants around a tank. I learned that lesson years ago. Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed watching!

[@MyOnlyCommentIs]

Me too plants died

[@vexcarius7100]

My guppies uprooted 30% of my carpet grass like putting a middle finger on me.

[@cyndicombs1419]

Same. Little boogers.

[@RickSanchezc-xh3ky]

Add your fishes after the plants get developed

[@vexcarius7100]

@@RickSanchezc-xh3ky Realized it the hard way but yeah, I was able to grow my carpet grass somehow. 😅

[@syedikramulla3693]

Completely agree. My new plants leaves started melting and were changing to dark brown color. I just left it as is then the leaves started changing to green color and got lot of new leaves. I lost some leaves too during the transition period. We have to keep faith and patience.

[@vexcarius7100]

I first thought that I failed so bad. After a week, they shoot out healthy baby leaves.

[@Salami_Mommy]

Hey a few of my leaves on my anubias have holes in them should I trim them or just leave them? Will they be ok?

[@33alwright]

Great advice. Enjoyed the video. I have a better understanding of my plants now. Cheers

[@TheBudgetAquarist]

Another error I see new people making is when they plant plants and then 2 days later they are vacuuming the substrate right up to the stem of the plant. This in effect removes any nutrients that are available to the roots of the plant.

[@filastyle84]

Lol, I made these rookie mistakes! I have a new pothos plant in my betta aquarium, thankfully it's endured through my ignorance for the last couple of weeks. Going to definitely leave it alone! Thanks for the tips.

[@edgardner6798]

I’m building up to a nano aquascape. Knowing new plants may wither but not to worry is reassuring. Thanks for the tips.

[@deborahcollis9814]

My biggest mistake in my planted aquarium was buying plants that were sold as totally submersible when they weren't. I almost gave up on plants until I learn this.

[@iantru9929]

Can u rephrase this plz. U order submersible plant but they arent a submersible kind?

[@Ellske]

@@iantru9929 they were grown above water when she was told they were grown under water. The result is that the plants needed to get used to being underwater and they show that by looking like they are going to die basicly.

[@furryfeathers4108]

@@Ellske thanks for this info - I was about to tear my nana out bc it looks wilted/dead but I came to see if YT could help cuz I can see one tiny new baby leaf.

[@pmotta4545]

Very essential advise Justin 👍Thanks for sharing 😀

[@FrederickDunn]

This is an excellent tutorial! I really appreciate it and you've helped me with my planted tank. I had some Dark Red Ludwigia that died back significantly but had new growth on the very tops. Because they extend roots right up the main shaft, could we cover the bare stocks in gravel, or leave them a little leggy? THANK YOU!

[@musician200X]

This is extremely important information! Thanks for making the video.

[@indigofox7291]

New to the aquarium hobby it’s been a dream for over 25 years... loving your vids new sub tonight, great info and very helpful 🙏🏼😍

[@Ucceah]

i have one clump of java fern pups. that had rotted of the root, i had tried to mount it on, twice. i just left it be, and it turned into a free floating ball, that grows quite uniformly, because my panaque keeps nudging it around. gotta love it when things turn out well, but in completely unexpected ways.

[@debbieexcell5088]

Vital information for those interested in maintaining a planted aquarium. 👍🏻💕

[@wotrulke5868]

All great advice 🌱🌿🌴 I like to float new plants for a day or two seems to work for me 👍🏻

[@kimberlieverschoor3814]

Would be great if sellers would tell buyers things like this! I just found you, but had I found you sooner, I wouldn’t have thrown a couple of plants away! 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@patricklaundra3286]

great video. I like the way you explain - with examples. and give an approximate time frame. "expect it to melt back at first." be patient, don't move it. "don't worry about the old growth melting off. look for the new growth" .. it takes time .. I'd actually recommend to keep a log or diary. so you don't think it's been 3 weeks when it's only been 3 days ..

[@patricklaundra3286]

I've seen someone recently who is supposed to know a lot about plants. no names here. some of his video talk about "Easy Plants" "just add water and they will grow." bologna. that might sell plants. but it won't keep them alive ..

[@AquaticHaus]

Absolutely , people tend to stress when seeing plants die back without knowing they make plants more stress when they actually move them !

[@otterspooptoo]

Wait, should plants be continually uprooted or no? I'm confused. Tell me again and again. What if I uproot a plant, throw it on the floor and stomp on it 10 times and put it back in, that's ok riiighht?

[@freestonsfinest4002]

So glad I just seen this. Was about to start moving my new plants😅 thanks! Love this channel

[@cass101R]

Smart 😂

[@tokkiev.3234]

You're so right. I have a Monte Carlo plant, the guy said it won't grow without co2 so the whole time I thought it would just die. But yesterday I went over it with my hand and it was stuck in the ground like a brick!

[@118bus]

Very good information, I kinda suspected this but still needed someone to confirm it

[@johndenverantonio7104]

Very helpful. Thanks a lot!

[@bigsky445]

I just "stumbled" upon your channel!! * I feel so blessed I did!!* All your videos are very informational, quick and to the point! NEW SUBSCRIBER!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@raycin1664]

hi Justin, I'm fairly new to aqua plants and your channel, looking forward to seeing all your videos. Thanks

[@kristietucker4077]

Really enjoyed this video. I am new at plants. This helped me realize It’s not furniture lol just leave it once I plant it.

[@HeatherHarrisfit]

Ahhh thank you!! I needed this tutorial!👏🏼👍🏻 So many little things to learn in this new hobby 😀💕

[@chrisgo9235]

i am glad i have come across your video. thank you for the tips

[@lisawhereisthecultjam]

Great video! I wish I would have watched it before I started my first planted tank. I threw out so many "dead" plants when I was new to the hobby. :(

[@PlantedAquatics204]

Awesome video. There is so much truth to everything you've said in this video! I hate seeing people make the same mistakes I've made in the past. Btw, nice tanks in the background!

[@chrissy24-7]

Great info! I've kept plants in the home for decades and didn't know about leaving them. Aquarium tip great, too

[@J1a9m8e3ss]

Great information definitely put me at ease for at least a month 👌🏻

[@gwendolynamy7462]

This was super helpful! Thank you!

[@LeslieF0330]

Thank you Justin! Great info.

[@primush8]

Thanks for tips! Greatly appreciated.

[@ndbyers23]

Nice video! I liked how you went through most plant types and how they grow, but I was surprised that you left out plants like anubias where the rhizome cannot be placed directly in the substrate. These types of plants can be very confusing to most aquarium plant people. Thanks again! 🙏🏻

[@jamesjamesnet]

Super helpful tips, thank you! :D

[@danschlittjr7202]

Great video! Super helpful, thanks!

[@TheFineLine920]

Great advice! Thank you.

[@johnm4875]

GREAT advice, thanks!

[@dennis-qu7bs]

Good solid advice!

[@joseph1121]

Very informative video! Can I ask if this concept also applies to mosses? I keep moving and dividing them to different tanks. Thanks for the answer!

[@SurprisedPikacheesecake]

Very helpful! I'm a big time offender when it comes to moving plants around. I really heed to learn to just leave them alone. x_x Note to self, decide what plants you want in what tank and where you want them in the tank BEFORE you buy/plant them! 😅

[@Ucceah]

but you almost always find some neat plant at the fish store, that just has to come home with you. :D if you're unsure where to put them, just plant them in a little pot.

[@budgiessx7781]

Thanks for the tips i usually just place my stem plants and die. I will definitely try again

[@HeatherNielsenScarletAquatics]

Patience is a virtue for sure! Great info!

[@jimanast3593]

It applies in tanks also!

[@frankieg3933]

Wow great info! Thank you!

[@ytl9558]

Thanks, I was wondering why my plants were browning. I live in Brisbane and it's 40℃ right now.

[@kristiemowry3267]

I agree with others, good advice, but hard to follow. I move around my outside plants if they aren't doing well and found I had good results, most of the time. I do wait though a year or so before deciding they are not getting enough light where they were originally planted. I guess waiting that long is not such a bad idea for aquarium plants also.

[@ramzeslo2]

H2O Plants what about adding liquid carbon and fertilizer to the new planted tank? better wait 4 weeks or just start dosing them from day 1?

[@sabinegray1450]

Probably wait. Liquid co2 did a lot for my already established tank but still caused an algae bloom. If your plants aren’t yet feeding well off the water column, they have no use for the co2 or ferts and the algae will use it instead. Wait till the plant is healthy and rooted with new growth. 💜

[@GuitarMan-hy3ld]

Sabine Gray will liquid co2 help my dwarf hairgrass

[@autumn1768]

This video is so helpful to this newbie, thank you!! So when the leaves melt, just leave them there? I read somewhere that melting or dying plants can give off bad chemicals or whatever..

[@poppyhimbo]

got a pack of 3 bulbs of Aponogeton and they have quickly taken over my 38 gallon tank.....i have invested in other plants but i need to thin the Aponogetons back cuz they are choking out the light!!! Had no idea about these!!

[@jacobrodrig8]

You just calmed a lot of fears about the plants I have right now. Luckily I did what you said and just left everything be, but I was gonna try moving it into another and see how that worked because my leaves were melting. Then I saw this video and now all seems normal lol.

[@LeeDfined]

New subscriber here. You are a blessing to all serious hobbyist. Thanks for the info.

[@mikefisher4834]

I have a red melon sword that I got almost a year ago I’ve always heard they were heavy root feeders so I put 8 root tabs underneath it which I know sounds like overkill but it popped up atleast 20 to 25 leaves within a month and a half💯🌱🐠💙🔥

[@martytrout6252]

I got a 5 gal. tank in Dec. and I'm going to a 10, hate to move the plants already. I'm going to use the same gravel and water in the new tank, hopefully that helps.

[@DeeFromBrooklyn]

Great information, i definitely have to pick your brain about crypts. I never get them growing

[@AQUAPLANET128]

Very informative video man.

[@calzirons9441]

Just getting back into scaping after 7 years on the salty side of things if keeping a 150 gallon reef has taught me anything it's patience (only bad thing happen fast)

[@mtfishguy6054]

Nicely done. Good info.

[@mybirdies]

Informative and it makes total sense when you think about it. :)

[@aquariumtreasures1054]

I learned a lot from your lesson. I won't give up on live plants yet, and I won't move them. Thanks again.

[@cheryllong995]

Hi Justin, Your my go-to for all plant info but would like to see a video on aquarium stargrass.

[@revolution3797]

I got a brand new 55 gallon freshwater tank I got fan for my substrate, and it is planted tank with just a very few plants. My other substrate is that volcano Pebble looking topsoil stuff. that i put around my plants. Then the diatoms came out, then I cut the rest of my volcano topsoil stuff on top of the sand. This is going to make the process of the tire diatoms longer? I have no fish yet. I'm almost a month in. Should I do a water change this soon?

[@Dad3601]

Many thanks for tips one question I have a large shark who has shredded the leaves of my large plant is it worth leaving them alone or cutting them out when leaves are shredded by fish eating plants thanks

[@HopeForBlackRose]

I need advice with picking the right aquascape tools I see so many I am lost? Also new to the hobby got my thank a month ago. I just love how beautiful & stunning tanks look

[@JohnJames.]

Brian Quintana , how is your tank doing

[@jmgirard7]

This might be a weird question but is there a better time of day to plant or replant, e.g. morning vs. evening?

[@Dovietail]

Excellent advice!

[@sorscha]

I weep for all the poor crypts I tossed out when they melted :( I know better now thanks to channels like yours, so thank you!

[@joehughes6337]

How do I get my light dialed in? I have a low tech 29 with a Fluval light. My dwarf sag only grows to about 2-3”. Do you think I have too much light? Right now it is about 70%for 7 hours.

[@AussieAquatic]

Great advice :)

[@niallpumfrey7529]

Thanks really helpful video

[@janetmerritt9974]

Very helpful!

[@neondragon121]

started to work with a planted tank this year :/ my first anubias took a whole month before becoming established...all the leaves melted away and it freaked me out lol but then new leaves came out. I was honestly debating on pulling it out or cutting it. so glad I waited cause it's doing a lot better now lol still small though, but its only been about 2 months

[@laurasutton1551]

They can take a long time at first then suddenly take off & grow like crazy mine did at least

[@lempira69]

What kind of external filter do you have on the aquarium on your let’s with the Asta light

[@ericj1500]

What is the secret to getting monte carlo to grow, ive tried tissue culture plants and some potted just can't get it to grow, tried low light fluval stratum, high lite and co2 no luck. Thanks

[@saw06c]

Question : if the plant develops black beard algae on the leaves how can you fix this ? I have anubias , vallisneria and hornwort on my African cichlid tank. The fish have not bother them but now BBA is taking over and I don’t know what to do. If I put it on the plant setting on my Fluval plant 3.0 LED the fish get spooked and look very stress out , when I poor it in the Malawi setting the fish like it but the red is at 50% . Will the new leaves grow back without algae? I use easy green and dose twice a week with half the recommended dose to reduce feeding the algae . Any pointers will be greatly appreciated

[@missylee5]

I just planted some hairgrass the other day in my new aquarium and didn't know I was supposed to remove the wool first. Should I leave it be or should I pull it up and remove the wool and plant it properly?

[@RobertoGarcia-ni8vl]

You got in on the dot . Not having too much experience with plants I would move them and they would melt. Now having more experience I get plants and let them adapt the to the new environment before I start to mess with them. Also...allelopathy is my new concern and if you have experience with what plants live or die together. I think your experience would help others to buy good tank mates (plants) ...great video.

[@jassaldrinsupranes3365]

Thanks for this info.

[@aquascotland7252]

Thanks for the tips! :D

[@braidsbombshell]

Hey H20 I just got my new plants today, im also a new customer and new at planting aquarium plants too. i get my water wisteria they came so green and pretty new looking roots , so i already have other plants ive had for weeks they look great, but my water wisteria leaves look dope over r stress out..i dont know how to explain it curling up etc... what should i do? HELP!!!

[@ashleymccorcle5571]

My aquatic ferns are growing many plantlets with new leaves on them, is it safe to pull them out just to trim these new growing plants to propagate?

[@furryfeathers4108]

Are the little plants in the 2in ceramic "pots" supposed to stay in the pot or no? I have 2 in my betta tank and i can see roots/shoots coming up from whatever material its packed in with but i dont want them to die cuz i didnt plant them in the gravel..🤔

[@johnwood738]

Starting a new tank with a under gravel filter any tips on which plants to try with it?

[@cindym2340]

Thank you for the info

[@patriciavasquez1767]

Thank you 🙏 very helpful

[@PULAG]

Thanks for mentioning that the plant needs to adapt to it's new environment. People think they just kill plants and it's difficult but they have no patience or knowledge of what's going on.

[@heatherleelovejoy9690]

When the plant is planted in your tank should I remove the dead black leaves?

2. Part was so inportant for me... Especially end.

[@vidyaanantha6328]

Thank you.

[@dairyist]

Wow, no wonder i haven’t had much success yet! The whole remove the brown or “dying” leaves so the plant uses its energy on new growth only doesn’t really apply with aquatic plants?

[@SadChimchar]

No, that definitely does apply. You should trim away dying growth with a pair of sharp scissors. What he's saying is that don't uproot plants and move them around unnecessarily. It just stops them from adapting to the current environment.

[@urface151]

The first time I ever got water wisteria, amazon swords, and dwarf hairgrass they all melted completely there was nothing left but the second time I got them they all started loving life no clue what made them do it the second time but I’m glad they did

[@chuckgillespie1]

Should you trim back leaves that are starting to melt?

[@chickitapanda6503]

Are these house plants in your tank fully submerged or are they hovering above the aquarium water

[@jton1]

Of my plant starts to grow black tuff in the leaves, (it looks like algae) does that mean too much light?

[@lili623]

Hello! Thank you for all this great info. I am not sure if someone already asked this question but, do you keep the little plastic pot the plant comes in, or do you remove the pot and then plant the plant into the aquarium? Thank you in advance.

[@lili623]

H2O Plants oh thank you!

[@charlesblack2523]

Great video 👍