How To PLANT Your Aquarium Properly?

Attention Underwater Gardeners! Today's Green Aqua video is all about aquatic plants. Prepare your pen and paper, because Balazs tells everything He knows about planting, which might be helpful for your upcoming projects! Enjoy!
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[@obsiosiris]

One of the biggest lies in aquascaping is the planting process is relaxing. My blood pressure skyrockets when they don't stay in the soil or come loose from rocks etc

[@GreenAquaShop]

If you have a little experience and good tools and good soil, it is a no-brainer really, a really good flow experience. Don't give up, find enjoyment in it. :) I feel you though. LOL

[@Prof_awesome]

I feel you man, pisses me off so bad! :D

[@happybubble4863]

My biggest disappointment when I started this hobby 😅it all looks so calm and relaxing easy on video, but damn, I nearly stopped right there and then

[@kristianroberts6153]

My two week old tank has got grass floating around and stuck all over everything. I planted it as properly as I could before I filled the tank with water. Its a nightmare!

[@veganandlovingit]

and block the filter

[@levibennett5166]

Balazs is so wholesome. What a great guy!

[@berad1832]

Finally someone addressed how to plant floating plants. Great info!

[@LR-jl7rp]

This is an excellent tutorial but if I can be so humble as to make a request? I know Green Aqua has a few hardscaping tutorials but I feel like it is a skill with fine details and considerations that can be difficult to develop. Can you please create a hardscaping and "Vision to execution" tutorial series for people like me who just struggle to get the foundations right? Pretty please :)

[@GreenAquaShop]

Welcome to the channel, thanks for the first comment. :) Actually, Tommy has done a hardscape tutorial just last week, you might want to check that out. Also, we spend a considerable amount of time building hardscapes in the different videos, all these can be of a good reference to you - perhaps. But yeah, will do more, I love this topic.

[@syahdwesaprawasa]

its not maybe as the same level of production as green aqua, but maybe check Pakne Kenzho channel for more complex hardscaping video. not really detailed, but you can see quite the way he scape his tank. its in indonesian though.. buy maybe worth considering..

[@Le_Schlag]

Best channel for aquascape without hesitation

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thank you so much, these comments keep us going!

[@NebulaMK]

He has his green tea. Life is cool 😎

[@wds525]

Portugal, here. This is by far one of the best videos on this subject. Thank you!

[@kobidchaulagain3831]

Can't miss Balazs and his giant green tea mug 😛

[@GreenAquaShop]

LOL, I love tea. Thanks for the view and for the comment.

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Before I became disabled, I was a crazed terrestrial gardener…even asked to be a Master Gardner by the state I live in here in the US…not dissimilar from planting in water, but different, of course. I can’t wait for Spring to come and start gardening again. Mini landscape design is so amazing!

[@user-nu2hx5kv6n]

15:08 its so good !

[@mohammadsaminyasar3429]

Dont know why but Watching every video of you guys makes me happy .The quality of editing is awesome 🤩

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks! Glad you appreciate the production effort! Cheers!

[@TheCineScaper]

Very well presented and very useful video Balázs!

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks so much, Máté. I try to do more closeups - I learn from you. :)

[@TheCineScaper]

@@GreenAquaShop Thanks! It was perfect :)

[@donotaskok]

Love your youtube. This is the reason why i got multiple tank syndrome now 😂🇻🇳

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

I have my green tea and I really need to get me one of those super cool t-shirts that you are modeling so well 🤩 ... Now if only I could only come to Europe 😭🤣♥️ It's amazing what a difference having the right tools especially tweezers can make. Unfortunately mine are an inexpensive brand off of Amazon that don't hold the grip as well as the quality tools that you are using!! It's definitely worth it to invest in quality! I really enjoyed your demonstration on your technique on how you properly prepared and plant the plants! You always teach me so much! Another wonderful tutorial! I hope you and everyone at Green Aqua is having a wonderful and blessed weekend 🙏🌿🐟🌿💚💖

[@duneaz]

I found my passion for aquascaping after my tank was allready established , i enjoy the challenge of growing plants in my low tech want to be high tech set up haha good light no co2 . Now im looking at setting up a small tank with aquasoil and try my hand at co2 . This channel is confidnce in a video thank you guys what a beautiful world it is

[@GreenAquaShop]

@duneaz It's wonderful to hear how our videos have helped spark your interest in aquascaping! Setting up a small tank with aquasoil and experimenting with CO2 sounds like a fantastic next step. If you have any specific questions as you get started, don't hesitate to ask. We're here to help you create your underwater masterpiece! 👍

[@adh1l_xd602]

good to see you back balaz !!

[@danielcabernetsauvignon6040]

Very good excellent tutorial , saludos desde México 😁👍🇲🇽

[@edwardpinner]

Great video. Thank you. For new Aquascapers the classification of plants with foreground/background etc. must be confusing especially when aquascapers are discussing perspective when they might use taller larger leafed plants in the foreground and smaller, small leafed plants in the background. The more you think about it the current classification of plants is so outdated and unhelpful. Would it be useful for all of the major producers to arrive at a new and more logical system? Having giving it some thought I propose the following: 1. A letter indicating the type of plant. S = stem, C = carpeting, F = floating, E = epiphyte, M = moss. Following the first letter comes 3 other letters indicating the height, spread and leaf size. Although T could be used to indicate tall I would suggest for all of the following categories to stick with small, medium and large. Simpler I think. So you are left with something like S/T/M/M. If these 4 letters were them colour coded green for easy, yellow for medium and red for hard or high tech/high energy you then have a lot of information in the same amount of space as ‘foreground/background’ etc. It would need producers and stores to display a ‘key’ but after sometime I could see something like this being adopted. You could also add up to 3 arrows underneath to indicate speed of growth. One long arrow = slow growing. 2 arrows = average growth and 3 arrows = fast growing. Any thoughts?

[@alexisortiz752]

Thanks to you and the Lord for put you in my videos !🙌Im be learning and keep Learning I feel the. Love you have for everything God bless you!

[@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058]

😱Finally some 1 that explains the proper way to plant stem plant's that no 1 talks about, thank you.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Cheers, glad you found this useful.

[@LucaPaglia]

Here I am. Sofa, KZbin and Green Aqua. A beautiful tutorial. A great way to end the day. Thanks super team!

[@alonewolf1903]

I learned a lot from your channel, thank you for your valuable information. Greetings from Turkey

[@GreenAquaShop]

Greetings, glad you find our channel useful.

[@alonewolf1903]

@@GreenAquaShop I can say that I learned everything about planted aquarium from your channel ☺Thank you very much🤗

[@GreenAquaShop]

You are welcome. We thank you for the support!

[@aquamoment]

I wish I learned this 10 years ago 😅 better late than never💪😎 especially for the beginners this is a VERY useful video🤟

[@binhphamthanh2621]

Great life , man !

[@uaungthan3787]

Thank u Green Aqua for Burmese subtitle

[@crisis688]

Needed this, thanks!

[@LukaszTiiger]

Great video as always. Greetings :)

[@zielonykombinat9116]

Thanks for this video:)

[@klebberbrazilian.theprofessor]

A such instructive tutorial! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, Balazs! Cheers from Brazil (Professor Klebber).

[@kavinduB]

Thanks ,very helpful 😊

[@Thief94]

Precious video ❤️

[@netcatfulful]

Nice!

[@capture_smartphotography1917]

Thank you for making this kind of video. It was super helpful

[@marcospaulomorale]

Thanks! Great video!

[@philcarlino6942]

Green Aqua is top class. You guys are the best, thank you for all you do. Stay well!

[@coreywirth319]

Just the video I needed! Would love to see a maintenance video for the first 2-3 weeks of a tank

[@andreinacardoso8234]

I love all your team. Great teachers, products, and a lot of inspiration from you. Those t-shirt are just amazing :o thanks you :)

[@user-rk7zf9vl8i]

thank you very much for your work, the soul that you put into creating content. Although I am from Russia, but thanks to you, I now have 4 aquariums and am preparing to launch a 300 liter one. Every week (almost) for the mood and for immersion in the process, I turn on your channel. Every time I listen to your videos, I learn something new. I really really want to see Japanese masters in action on your channel. Ps now I drink tea every time I clean aquariums thanks xD sorry for bad english from russia with love

[@bclmqd]

I so wish that my Russian were half as good as your English!!!

[@danielavigil]

​@@bclmqd😊la pizza

[@jwlee1059]

Very well explained. Thank you

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Great video..and helpful…

[@mietz]

Very nice Tutorial. As a newbie in this topic it’s really helpful and entertaining watching your videos. Thank you ❤

[@Thief94]

Learned lot 😚❤️

[@sandunk2003]

Wow 😍 so damn timely video as i am going to setup my tank next week ♥♥

[@mr.m2864]

As always very informative video! Köszönöm :)

[@shark9905]

Thanks...

[@newmexicoaquatics282]

Fantastic. Thank you for sharing! - Little Bobby

[@jacquesperrot5407]

Merci pour le partage 👍

[@Zalarius87]

Plants received today. Great quality. The Nymphaea Lotus is magnificent.

[@huberttixeira8753]

Wow 👏 i like the way you explain excellent 👍

[@hemothy]

8:35 🤣🤣same

[@be_emm4853]

Really cool video for beginners/newcomers in this hobby. Greetings from Poland.

[@wilkinsle1987]

Thank youuu! bout to start of my 90 gallon scape tank.

[@bboycyphur]

Good tutorial! I feel like this is just the tip of the iceberg for planting tricks in the art of aquascaping. I bet there are so many more techniques to master. Tying moss to wood is one of the hardest things to do well and I see you cut out parts of the whole process. I know it’s worth a video by itself to be able to do it properly and easily. Ty for this video! Appreciate you sharing the knowledge!

[@SPNsherry]

Really fantastic video, helped me see what I was doing wrong, thank you

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks for your feedback 😀

[@Aquagold.goldysingh1313]

very informative and useful.. balazs sir always come with special video. much needed this video. today aquascaping is so famous , best video to guide new hobbyists. thanks legend for best video..

[@RobinsBusyWorld]

This. Is. The. Best. Tutorial. On. Planting. Aquarium. Plants. Ever! Thank you! I wish I could buy the t-shirt though…I love it. (US)

[@GreenAquaShop]

You are welcome, Robin. Cheers.

[@ionutungureanu1986]

Top quality video and content as always 👏. Thank you Green Aqua team👍

[@GreenAquaShop]

You are welcome, glad you liked it.

[@Wenhao3]

Great video as always guys! Just an idea for you guys, maybe do a trimming video? Like how do you guys trim different type of plants? The common stem plants are quite straightforward but what about plants like Hygrophila Pinnatifida? Or long leafed plants like Vallisneria. Or epiphytes such as nana petite and buce. Thanks a lot!

[@seanmasterson9282]

Great stuff! Great production value, with a simple style that is very informative. Wonderful work - particularly for an aquascaping beginner. Thank you.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks Sean 🙏

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Trimming the plant helps the plant use energy for roots first and then the top. The great thing about water plants is that it’s relatively easy to start new plants from cuttings.

[@monaangela4667]

Awesome and helpful video like always. Have a good day guys. 👌👌👍🤗

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks brother! Cheers!

[@SympathyFck]

Been in the hobby for quite a while now and it still surprise me that there are still a lot to learn, Nice presentation btw :)

[@GreenAquaShop]

Cheers Patrick!

Nagyon jó lett a videó.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Köszönjük szépen! Örülünk, hogy tetszett!

[@SaadKhan006]

Monte Carlo always uproots in my dennerle scapers soil tank

[@enzim87]

Please make a video about aquarium backgrounds. For example, what are the methods for creating a background with glow effect, what kind solutions already have on market. This topic is not discussed enough on KZbin.

[@MrKyrif]

very cool...sangat bagus selamat datang di dunia aquascape yang indah!! welcome to the beautiful world of aquascaping!

[@GreenAquaShop]

Cheers!

[@mdashegde123]

Beautiful video. This is really one of my favourite video. I wish I was the first to watch this video😀 I wish you guys make your regular videos a little longer. When you plant some new kind of plants you can explain how they are planted. Example: I don't know how to replant the cuttings of staurogyne repens, blyxa japonica, pogostemon helferi. These plant are bushy and we cannot easily hold it with tweezers.

[@Auspicious7]

Thanks

[@GreenAquaShop]

You're welcome.

[@LeSpank1012]

just did my first tank, planting was a nightmare. The plants do go in so easily like you everyone do on youtube, you gotta stab them. Gladly the tank came along nicely, hopefully the next will be better

[@rte64rte]

Great tutorial. Thank you. Sometimes I wish you were closer so I could just ask a question or two. Time difference makes for a problem when doing time sensitive scape. I am going to experiment next week on a new set up for a tank. I will let you know how it goes lol. Thanks for teaching us I do appreciate it.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Glad you found this useful! Cheers!

[@rubyjlove]

When you do the “top off” with the stem plant will it propagate and start rooting?? Or you will remove later? I’m a newbie and love your channel! I’ve learned a lot and just scaped my first tank today. Love from Los Angeles 💕

[@maxiphasme]

Thank happy ny

[@woodstock69ism]

Grazie.

[@survivorturnover]

nice nice

[@shamsaquascaping9379]

I like to plant with my hand cuz i can feel the beauty of planting 💚

[@GreenAquaShop]

LOL, good luck with that!

[@BDGMed]

Music choice is 🔥🔥🔥

[@GreenAquaShop]

Glad you like it, thanks for the feedback!

[@jordanforever2345]

Great tutorial for those of us just got into this hobby as newbies😢

[@GreenAquaShop]

Glad you found it useful, good luck with your scaping.

[@harryurban4219]

This is a great tutorial. I am a beginner . What are the first aquascaping tools I should get ?

[@hendrikwirtz8418]

I love planting but because of the root structure planting cryptocoryne can be annoying sometimes. From this video I learned how to improve my technique. Also i use a combination of jbl Manado and fertilised substrate which is called AquaBasis+ but all my plants like it.

[@culturabettamty]

I like

[@zeshanabidi]

Hi...suggest to start delivering Green Aqua stuff outside the country, international shipping will definitely be a plus point for GA

[@GreenAquaShop]

We ship to almost all European countries, including some that have custom procedures. However, we can't currently provide the same quality of service for other countries / continents. Maybe with time... Thanks for your comment!

[@zeshanabidi]

@@GreenAquaShop ....yah actually my point was for the countries of other continents like Asia etc....anyhow i wish that it will be started soon....great channel indeed..

[@greenaquascaping9491]

Love the green aqua T shirt

[@GreenAquaShop]

Cheers! I love it too!

[@akvasvet]

👍 👍 👍

[@Dwarfgourami]

Tipp:you could sell heterandria formosa, they are a good fish for nano tanks. They are rare to find in fish shops tho(they dont spawn that fast maybe thats why)

[@marlowissambacosa5440]

Hopefully, in the future, you can ship also in the Asia Pacific. :)

[@PaulZyCZ]

Ceramic substrates (baked clay) are the most difficult to plant I'd say. Not mentioned in the video, but they have their fans. Their main advantage is a double-edged sword: They are porous and light. This means lot of space for nitrification bacteria and easy rooting, despite not having any nutrients on their own. Also parts of it would float for days, they cannot be used in hardscape except the foreground (the substrate lies flat) and planting tweezers are a must. I think they are also cheaper than aquarium (top) soils.

[@luiswicho5301]

Very good as usual. I think we all like it wet pal😅 Bad joke jar. Is it full already?. Cheers.

[@esayunanda7067]

sorry to ask about anubias pinto. What is the dose of fertilizer for Anubias pinto? Thank you very much

[@MrFloRolf]

Seeing this I reeeeaaally want a tank again 😭

[@ybendek]

A great planting tutorial... currently I'm having lot of issues with HC :( As soon as it starts to perling, plants try to float ... I guess I will need to replant all my patchs :(

[@GreenAquaShop]

Yeah, the Oxygen will lift it up, the HC is difficult to keep down...

[@capture_smartphotography1917]

I would love to see a video that has only the plants that don't need substrate. Which one attaches best to wood or stones One just on mosses and how to officially attach to which hardware please I love your channel!

[@capture_smartphotography1917]

Hardscape not hardware haha

[@GreenAquaShop]

Oh, we have quite a few vids showing the epiphyte plants. Check them out. Cheers!

[@ttw369369]

Thank you teacher 😅. I hate to plant Morte Carlo, I don't like Rotala Super Red n Rotala Mini when they grow many roots on the stem itself look super ugly. However I love these three plants 😭

[@HK-oj9us]

I had wished to see the planting of Vivipara..so near yet so far...

[@gameromally4266]

I want to use ADA power sand L topped with dennerle quartz as my substrate. What do you think about that combo for a planted aquarium?

[@alexmike3145]

Hello, do you have a video of how to add plants to an already stablished aquarium?

[@hajtaler1]

Hi great video, I need little help. I use to my set-up Jbl Mandao and AquaBasis plus,after i purches and puting in the tank I start reading and find only negative comments about Mandao, floating, don't hold plants, can't make any elevation. And here I have a question, can I cover this Mandao with Amazonia soil for better plants hold and to make elevation for my aqauscype.Thank you for any help

[@GreenAquaShop]

You could cover it, absolutely. But I would restart the tank by changing the substrate if it was mine. And I would get the added bonus of being able to rescape and get new experiences.

[@hajtaler1]

@@GreenAquaShop sorry I still setting up tank for first time, no water, no plants, which Amazonia will be best for that ?

[@mandarw86]

Can i put seachem purigen, matrix,denitrate,phosguard in same canister filter but in different media bags?

[@djamfa]

tutorial on CO2 please.. how to titrate and adjust CO2.. keep up the good works

[@Kyle_Hubbard]

Excellent and relaxing video as always. BTW I really wanted to buy the T-shirt but the shipping cost the the UK was shafting me by charging over a quarter of the price for the shirt itself as apparently we're "tier 4" along with Switzerland, not quite sure how that works.

[@GreenAquaShop]

That is the disadvantage of Hungary being on the other end of the continent. ;) Sorry about that mate. Out of our control. Order something else too, then the percentages will get better. LOL. And the customs fee could also be a problem. I do not envy you guys in the UK... :(

[@Sinserg]

As others have pointed out make a trimming tutorial that'd be very helpful. 😅

[@GreenAquaShop]

Noted, cheers.