My Top 10 Tips To Growing a CARPET in You Aquascape or Planted Tank

Growing a carpet is very easy! I'll show you how easy it is to make a carpet in your aquarium Especially if you follow these 10 tips! Low tech or high tech, CO2 or no CO2 doesn't matter.
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[@raybro2216]

Great info, You are one of the best on youtube mate.

[@MJAquascaping]

Thanks a lot Ray!😊

[@tessw9744]

I've watched 6 videos on how to properly plant and care for monte carlo carpet. And I wasted time. I could have skipped them all if I had seen this first. Great video!

[@GalaxyofArt]

1. Use a nutrient rich substrate 2. Plant densely and small portions 3. Don't be afraid to trim your carpet 4. Use easy carpeting plants 5. Stay away from difficult carpeting plants 6. Do a dry start first 7. Don't use seeds 8. Invest in a decent light 9. Use tissue culture plants 10. Carefully choose your inhabitants

[@erikwilbrenninck3966]

Your videos are super informative, easy to follow, and concise. You are a natural teacher. Thank you for sharing!

[@ivyaquatic]

Youre good on every spec of the Aquarium. Always helpful tips bro!

[@harryme472]

Always helpful advice. Thank you. I was another one who got scammed with seeds to grow a carpet , I just didn`t know any better at the time..... Lessons learned I guess. It`s hard sometimes for beginners.

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah this hobby can be really hard for beginners... one of the reasons why i started this youtube channel..

[@iH82H8]

I've done a dry start with seeds in an aquarium! I just used Fluval Stratum and some driftwood in an large eclipse vase and waited about 2 weeks before adding water. The only inhabitants I put in it were Endler Guppies, Blue Dream Neos and Amano Shrimp, but they are still alive and thriving! All I've done to maintain it is top it off since I finished it, and that was a year and a half ago... :P

[@thierryfelix7796]

Thank you very much. Well explained and clear.

[@melroyfernandes1480]

Very helpful information. Thanks buddy.

[@rotona]

Thanks for the list of the easy carpeting plants!

[@rmn8818]

Very informative! Thank you so much.

[@sugars205]

Great vid. First time I've ever heard of a dry start, I'll give that a go on the next set up 👍

[@RWAquariumPages]

absolutely wonderful tips for carpeting plants

[@amaquatic]

Great video as always!

[@MJAquascaping]

Thnx a lot!

[@thomashenrymyers1876]

Great video, It is well worth watching and Hi from the UK.

[@dallasaquascapingguy]

Good info, thank you

[@tommymecke]

Im from Indonesia, and i like it. Good info. Thanks sir

[@MJAquascaping]

I'm happy you like it!

[@cursedwaffle]

um, yeah i'll scrap off the whole carpet soon, not only i started with the cuba, but as a beginner, i dry grow it from seeds (which i failed so hard because it grows mold during the germination process and i didnt know that it will stay even when i added water). thanks for the video, although its 2 years ago, but this is quite helpful.

[@mikecheng8331]

Thanks for sharing your tips. Very clear, straight to the point, and thorough. Wondering you have have tips for growing UG successfully?

[@MJAquascaping]

I don't have a lot of experience with UG yet, but this is what I would suggest: First choose a good quality substrate like ADA, Tropica or Aquario. Then cycle the soil first by doing a ''dark start'' for 3 weeks or so. Then start planting, and make sure you plant it very deep in the soil. Then use a liquid fertilizer with very little to no nitrates. Some floating plants also help to get rid of excess nutrients.

[@meikahidenori]

The thing about Glosso, you can grow it without Co2 in a smaller nano aquarium (things like a 9 lt or the betta show tanks) and grow them will with bright indirect sunlight coming into your aquarium (ie next to a window - not infront of it). It does take longer but the plant has less of a tendency to die back when it's not forced to grow rapidly.

[@TankTastic]

Good info!

[@MJAquascaping]

Thnx bro!

[@mustafamufasa5002]

Hello Thanks for all this informative videos I have a question I got 4 walking catfish aquarium so do you recommend me to put plants in that aquarium for example creating a carpet plants or it will not work?

[@kenblock6012]

Thank you for advice , what you think about hair grass on mesh 11x16cm ? Can it be succesfull to plant ?

[@jaygozer3883]

I trim my carpet all the time. trimmed carpet is very popular.

[@rufis164]

Hi MJ! Your video was quite informative. Need to know, about carpeting on Lava rocks, with Dry Start Method and that too along Moss. Your revert would be highly appreciated!

[@antimage4455]

Will Chihiros A2 series is enought for carpeting plant

[@przemok7769]

Love all of you videos. Very helpful. I'm planning to start new aquarium with carpet plants. Does dry start is necessary?

[@MJAquascaping]

Nah definitely not necessary

[@przemok7769]

Thank you 😊

[@jacobhall8258]

Genuine question. I have a 40l and recently taken the deep dive into plants. I have gravel. Would it be better to take part of the gravel out and put aqua soil ontop or underneath or go all aquasoil?

[@yingkanglim]

Hi, just realized you’re from the Netherlands. Can you maybe make a video tutorial on how to setup a low tech Dutch tank?

[@ebs28]

loving your videos learnt lots from you. Keep on doing what you're doing. I've heard you have to do dry start with CO2 once you add water. Is it possible to do without CO2?

[@MJAquascaping]

If you choose easy plants I'm sure it will be fine without CO2 as well.

[@adaml5473]

ive done it without co2 dith a dirted tank that has dwarf hairgrass. Its a pretty bad carpet though.

[@fredholcombe9981]

Wow so your telling me those seeds that I planted and has gown in beautifully may melt away 😱I have ten gallon that I’ve been working for my pea puffer my first tank with plants so can I just get some dwarf hairgrass and start planting that in my tank or should pull those plants out first

[@ShinGonzaga]

Thank you so much for this, I’m having troubles planting an already big hair grass it just floats do you have any tips?

[@MJAquascaping]

Do you have a thick enough layer of substrate to plant in? I always use tweezers to plant, and when I release the plant I push some substrate “on top off” the plant, if that makes sense..

[@ShinGonzaga]

@@MJAquascaping thanks for this one! I’ll definetely try adding more susbtrate :) thank you!

[@danielx9801]

Can you use uv light?

[@nolacreole]

What was the name of the type of light that was mentioned?

[@rohanraorane4614]

without co2 which is best carpet plant?

[@smifyrex]

Very informative video big chap ive learned plenty from that.. can i just ask your tanks at the back of you do you use a filter in them or do you let the plants do all the filtering?

[@MJAquascaping]

Happy you liked the video! All the tanks have a filter 👍

[@smifyrex]

@@MJAquascaping thanks for the reply your nano tanks are stunning..better looking than mine lol

[@marcusyiknian8054]

@@MJAquascaping love your videos, looking at all your videos repeatedly for months and learn new thing each time. can reveal some nano tank filter? Mine is 10l nano and I find my hang filter too strong but can’t find a suitable filter

[@mohammednasir8981]

hey, do you recommend chihiros wrgb 2 slim for a good carpet tank? montecarlo.

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah should work

[@dutchpartyvlog5033]

Zit ik naar de video te kijken.. zie ik ineens locatie amstelveen XD ik woon uithoorn.. super leuk om al je video's te zien

[@MJAquascaping]

Hey Buurman!

[@dutchpartyvlog5033]

@@MJAquascaping buurvrouw haha

[@MJAquascaping]

@@dutchpartyvlog5033 excuses 🙃 hallo buurvrouw 😊

[@dutchpartyvlog5033]

Waar koop jij je soil? Online of in een winkel??? Heb je nog aanraders/winkels waar ik tot inspiratie kan komen??

[@JhunDumsTVXj]

Wow

[@maciejkowalczyk4776]

Hi I'm just about to change my light I have Chihiros a series 120 cm I order slim rgb 120 cm what will be the best settings from beginning?

[@MJAquascaping]

Did you have the a series on 100% ? In terms of the RGB setting I would just choose something that you think looks nice. I always have all the colours on the same level.

[@maciejkowalczyk4776]

@@MJAquascaping I have on 80 % any high level algea starts to appear and I run it for 7 hours

[@Ishiisan]

I thought Utricularia graminifolia doesn’t do well in nutrient rich soil?

[@thuraquatic91]

Nice plant carpet, Fol back, thx

[@hayden51773]

Which light did you mention that is affordable?

[@MJAquascaping]

Chihiros lights are affordable and also the Twinstar B series

[@lmaaquarium8842]

My monti carlo is turning brown .. what should i do . Can you please help .. its 1 week old

[@adaml5473]

how did it turn out?

[@lmaaquarium8842]

@@adaml5473 it all melt away

[@nikfarishezrienikishak8582]

How is it now

[@StarMadz]

That’s very interesting my ex boyfriend had a seeded carpeted and it lasted forever so now I’m confused

[@aquamoment]

I only use the seeds for my terrariums.. The seeds even grow on stone so that's the only positive side

[@outdoorfr3ak]

I'm new to this hobby but even I know to trim your carpet 😂

[@motivatedconor3891]

Glossostigma is supposed to be one of the easier ones to grow.

[@meikahidenori]

Depends. If you want it to grow fast you have to be aware of rapid die off as well. I find it grows quite well under warmer lights though I also have my tank on a desk near a window and it gets indirect sunlight so where the tank is in the sun more I have beautiful glosso all on that one side. But that said people do struggle with even beginner level plants (I know I do, especially with Java fern) aquatic plants are a like house plants - they don't always live for everyone.

[@ChristIsKing187]

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