PLANTED AQUARIUMS FOR BEGINNERS! 5 tips for low-tech tanks

[@Wheredidigetthismuffin]

Great video information! Simple straight to the point and phenomenal asmr 👌.

[@cjs033]

Love the Asta 20 lights. I have 3 of them on my nano tanks and my plants grow like crazy! Love the option of being able to dim the lights as well. Great video.

[@cichlidscape]

Chris S yeah I’ve loved mine so far too! As you said, very good growth & a dimming feature makes the price point brilliant👌🏻 thanks for watching & commenting man. Glad you enjoyed the video👍🏻🐟🌱

[@PrintdAus]

Loving the vids man! Never realised water changes helped plant growth that much. Definitely a helpful video. Keep up the awesome work.

[@cichlidscape]

Clondrah I definitely notice a difference after a water change! For sure! Glad you enjoyed the video👍🏻 thanks for watching & commenting my friend🌱🐟

[@dwsdarius]

Awesome tips...tank looking amazing!

[@cichlidscape]

DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS thanks for checking out the video mate👍🏻 appreciate it!

[@Bearskimethod]

Nice lil tank indeed.. 😍 Very insightful, always good to find true and tried methods to succeed, no need to reinvent a wheel.. 👍🏻🌎

[@cichlidscape]

Bearski method thanks for checking out the video man👍🏻 I do really enjoy this tank. So peaceful🌱🐟

[@TheLivebearerZone]

Nice video and great tips..I have started a playlist on my channel for beginners like myself and will add this video to that..Thanks!!

[@cichlidscape]

Bubba's Aquatic Experience I appreciate it👍🏻 glad you enjoyed the video my friend! Thank you for watching & commenting🌱🐟

[@matthewwhite2802]

Really good video, simple to the point and informative.

[@fishoutwithjuno]

Hi. Amazing tank. Question, I have the same light, do you use the full light or half the brightness?

[@cichlidscape]

Maybe 50-60% I would say👍🏻 thanks for watching!

[@SubZero-ew8xp]

Great video. Just wondering where you bought the plants from? Thanks.

[@baudouinjacobs4449]

since i put a top to stop evaporation i never do any water changes 2 years later just fill up with rainwater (stil a bit evaporation ) and it does perfect my tips highly planted and a small amount of fish

[@SteveSerednicki]

What plant is the entire background? Very nicely done. Do you use the Asta at around 50% brightness?

[@cichlidscape]

It’s hygrophilla. Not sure on the type though. & yeah the asta 20 is at about 50%. Worked really well for me over the past 3-4 years now👍🏻

[@SteveSerednicki]

@@cichlidscape thanks for the help!

[@DavidJones-mi9mo]

Great video and content. Thanks.

[@fishoutwithjuno]

Amazing tank. How long do you have your light on?

[@r6zoar441]

Hey I’m setting up a medium tech planted tank I have always had them but want to make a cheaper one this time I have a dennerle 60l cube wondering what to do with it I was thinking about the asta 20 the tank is 38x43x38 so quite tall would it be good

[@r6zoar441]

Want to grow a nice Monte Carlo carpet and a couple of red ludwigias and rotalas ovbs more just don’t know if it will be enough I’m going to be using dennerle 6in 1 substrate capped with dennerle scapers soil I do 50% each week and keep just some cherry shrimp and I’m going to use the tropica premium fertiliser along with root tabs no Co2 though as I don’t have enough space

[@cichlidscape]

@@r6zoar441 could struggle with the 38” high mate. This 10 gal is only 12” high. I would go for a more widely sold light I think. Maybe a fluval 3.0 or a finnex 24-7👍🏻

[@r6zoar441]

Sorry I forgot to say it’s in cm it’s a dennerle nano cube so it’s 38 cm long 43cm high if I run full intensity it’s 60litres or 15gallons would it run it well

[@cichlidscape]

@@r6zoar441 ohhhhh, in that case yeah!👍🏻

[@r6zoar441]

Thanks for the help you’ve got a new sub :)

[@Connie4422]

How do you gravel vac this?

[@leighannr.8188]

Great video! SO much helpful information. - Subscribed! :D

[@cichlidscape]

Leigh Ann R. Thanks! I’m glad you got some helpful information from the video👍🏻

[@justbegod508]

Hey man I just set up a 20g with a few large swords and a few small tetra . any advice on keeping my plants big and green ? Mine seem to turn brown and or start looking like there scratched up for some reason .. Nice Vid by the way !

[@Keldrath]

Would like say Carib Sea Eco Complete not be suitable for something like this on it's own? Or would it need some kind of soil beneath it?

[@cichlidscape]

Keldrath I wouldn’t use that no. That sand to my knowledge had buffering capabilities. Increase ph etc. that wouldn’t be good for most plants/planted aquarium fish. You could use aquasoil and cap it with inert sand👍🏻

[@Keldrath]

@@cichlidscape www.amazon.com/CaribSea-Eco-Complete-20-Pound-Planted-Aquarium/dp/B0002DH0QM/ This is the specific one, i thought it would have been good, it's advertised like it is? But yeah just wanted your thoughts on it as being sufficient or not.

[@harshulgupta7461]

Can I use ordinary house LED white bulbs

[@cichlidscape]

Harshul Gupta it could grow some basic plants but probably not some of the more difficult ones. Some planted tank lighting have a very specific spectrum. Making the tank look better etc👍🏻

[@harshulgupta7461]

If I use ordinary tiny stone chips as substrate....The one used in home construction. Will it cut/harm my fishes?

[@cichlidscape]

Harshul Gupta it could do yeah. Guess it depends on if the stone has sharp edges or not. But I would play it safe & use aquarium specific substrate👍🏻

[@CypressPhotoStudio]

Awesome 👍🏻👍🏻

[@cichlidscape]

madcypress L.L. Thanks for watching & commenting! Glad you enjoyed the video👍🏻

[@thepilgrim1581]

Nice tank dude..... Its about as good as mine 😁 lol... 👍

[@cichlidscape]

Matt Chan hahaha thanks mate. Check out some of my latest planted tanks. They are better😉😂

[@thepilgrim1581]

@@cichlidscape will do

[@kalesecheatwood1164]

Where did u get your filter?

[@Brantov]

Very nice aquariums.

[@cichlidscape]

Thanks you for watching!👍🏻

[@teaforthree1]

You sound as though you’re in the UK, how can you buy aquarium co op feRT? Great vid BTW

[@cichlidscape]

Henry Partridge I’m from the UK but live in the US now👍🏻 sorry for the confusion mate, but thank you for watching!

[@rjagravante]

What is the name of your carpet plant. Thank you

[@johncecil646]

Really enjoyed watching this. Tranquility at it's finest!

[@cichlidscape]

John Cecil thanks John. Appreciate you watching & commenting my friend👍🏻

[@joemunoz1251]

Beautiful aquarium my friend

[@cichlidscape]

Joe Munoz thanks bud👍🏻 appreciate you watching & commenting!

[@jakeyba3242]

Damn your voice 🤩

[@rmsiaify]

you mentioned once per week water change. how many percent do you replace?

[@cichlidscape]

rmsiaify i usually do about 30-40%👍🏻 thanks for checking out the video!

[@MCAQUIN0]

is your light equivalent to the nicrew 30"model? I would rather buy yours if they have the same output!

[@cichlidscape]

YANA World I believe the price point is very similar, as is the output of the lighting👍🏻 this light is still going strong & I love the shimmer effect that it gives off👌🏻

[@melvink6667]

Can you list the name of the plant in tank. From foreground to the back

[@richardportelli1983]

Fluval stratum is not high in nutrients, in fact it has none at all. But it is still a good all round substrate and you will need to use root tabs. Good video though and some good tips. I would also add that slower growing plants are much more rewarding and user friendly Hence why you see many aquascapers using mainly crypts, buce, anubias and java fern etc.

[@cichlidscape]

Richard Portelli As far as I know stratum is made from mineral rich volcanic soil that includes trace elements for plants. Although I’m sure it’s not as rich as Ada Amazonia which I have in this tank. Thank you👍🏻 I enjoyed making this one! Appreciate you watching & commenting Richard🐟🌱

[@richardportelli1983]

@@cichlidscape that is correct. Amazonia is soil based and rich with ammonia. It is designed to feed plant roots for up to 2 years maybe as well as containing most of the other micro nutrients plants need. I think many people think stratum is a complete soil substrate and it is not. ADA and tropica soil I think are the most widely used soil based substrates.

[@cichlidscape]

Richard Portelli yeah that’s why I used Ada Amazonia in this tank. I wanted to give it the best chance of being successful seen as it was my first planted tank. I love the growth I’m seeing🌱🐟

[@richardportelli1983]

@@cichlidscape I have a easy planted tank also with just sand but with root tabs and weekly ferts the crypts and s Repens are growing like mad.

[@harshulgupta7461]

Do you use CO2?

[@cichlidscape]

Harshul Gupta no co2 in this tank no👍🏻 just low-tech with good substrate & lighting

[@deletethemedia3445]

Been wanting to attempt a full planted tank in my 75 gallon. I think I'm going to get me a 10 or 15 gallon tank until I get the hang of it. The aquarium hobby is all about trial and errors!

[@milbella1]

What size tank is this?

[@cichlidscape]

milbella1 this is a standard 10 gallon aquarium. Hope you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching👍🏻

[@jinghantay1272]

@@cichlidscape may I know how many litre of planting soil.do.i required for a 9 gallon tank

[@classyshoes8504]

would you consider your tank light Medium or low?

[@cichlidscape]

Classy Shoes I would consider this low light. The light has the potential to run medium light but I usually have it set at a low setting on the intensity dial👍🏻 thanks for watching

[@classyshoes8504]

Cichlidscape • Thank you, beautiful tank!

[@cichlidscape]

Classy Shoes thanks! Check out my most recent low tech planted tank aquascape. Lemme know what you think to it👍🏻

[@Tombjack3]

What fish is that

[@Tombjack3]

The one that looks like a largemouth

[@alannatabares]

good plants for cichlids?

[@kylegriffiths8599]

Alanna Tabares pretty much Anubis is about the only thing, I suppose you could try amazon swords aswell basically anything really hard and slow growing

[@exit9b150]

What plants do you have in that tank?

[@cichlidscape]

Baney all low-tech plants. Anubias, hygophilla, crypts. The bottom/lower growing plant is a.repens. Considered a little harder to grow