If You are New to Aquatic Plants You NEED to See This! Guide To Aquatic Plant Types

[@thesmallscape]

Want to learn more about aquatic plants? Check out these videos: Anubias vs Crypts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gprchaywqtuobKM Micro Sword Care: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2Obl3psnc55fMU Bacopa Care: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3TIYXeJeNljopo Java Fern Care: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3qWZoCFbd2nZqs Dwarf Amublia Care: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imrHcoujrJegpqM Subwassertang Care: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emTJo6KQhbCDZq8 Moss Ball Care: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4ikhGyAoZehgcU Hornwort Care: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3LToGxsrbyKrLM Petco Tissue Culture Plants: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoXRqpeqraZ_kKM Petsmart vs Petco Plants: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWHaqXmco993iJI How to Attach Anubias: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4nMhqdso7VlhtU How to Propagate Anubias: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nonJaoRrp8aVaqs Check out our cool new merch here! www.primetimeaquatics.com/merch If you want more unique ideas check out my Instagram: @thesmallscape If you want to see some of my more traditional aquascapes check out Aquascapes by Joanna at Prime Time Aquatics: kzbin.info/door/YVN7EN0ALL6CE4U7NpMUTA

[@Coyo-Tea]

I would add submersed and immersed too

[@jayjayvanity7711]

“If you’re new to the hobby and don’t know what multiple tank syndrome is… you’ll know soon enough” is the truest thing in the world because I’m here setting up my tank for the first time in three years and I’m already looking for a way to set up a second one……

[@DeFreeseAquariums]

No known cure for MTS lol

[@PutSomeTwazOnIt]

I have four after 10 months

[@RAJESHADHIKARI100]

Yeah..I have 3 now 😂

[@peetos-chan2835]

Lol! I only have two, but I'm eagerly awaiting my third.

[@dallasbrat81]

I am setting up 4 know

[@witchfulthinker]

I just found you, I was looking up the moss balls and loved your passion for them. You are a very special person and your love for the plants is contagious! Thank you for the videos and I will be watching more!

[@pollyfoxx7994]

I love, love, love your channel! We're from England living in Indiana USA &, you & your Jason have helped me so much coming into this hobby just this July. I also love that you had a small pond. 👏👏👏

[@kristenwinter8157]

The have fish swaps in Chicago Illinois which is next to Indiana. They are some of the nicest people I have ever met. We have some of their fish. The fish are Always healthy and they will answer your questions.

[@thesmallscape]

So glad to hear it, Polly! England is on my to do list! That’s quite the switch to Indiana. Welcome to the 🇺🇸 AND to this great hobby! ☺️

[@lancebeers5599]

Where at in Indiana? Churubusco near ft Wayne here

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

A perfect introduction for getting everyone started in plants 💚🌿🐟🌿🌿🌿

[@boiseaquariums]

I am just getting into plants. Your videos are inspiring. I bought a plant because of what you said. The Anubias.

[@DuryeaAndWild]

i've always been sooo scared of diving into the world of aquariums and aquatic plants and fish. I'm finally planning my first nano tank and i'm SOOOO stoked to get started. Thank you for all your videos! they've helped me a lot!

[@CA-tk8yn]

Love to see a video of plants that do require special lights, and care, along with the fish that can be happy living with them.

[@audrameyer9558]

I really like and appreciate this video. So very helpful no matter what stage of the game one at in the hobby. Wonderful content and delivery 😊 Thank you!

[@thesmallscape]

You’re so sweet, Audra. After seeing how long it turned out I was like 🤦🏻‍♀️ nobody will watch this! 🤭😆

[@elizabethm.i.a218]

Really glad I watched this before putting my anubias nana in the tank, because it seems the instructions you find on all petsmart plants is the same, which is to plant them in gravel and cover the roots up. I hate misinformation, so thank you for setting my record straight! Phew! Now to figure out how to attach, knowing I don't own a glue gun....

[@lifes_calling6981]

This video is great!! you could have made it as long as you wanted and talked about plants as much as you wanted and we all would have gladly listened(watched) i speak on behalf of all of us that watch your channels. So, thank you for taking your time to spread your wisdom! The small scape is awesome!!!

[@thesmallscape]

Thank you so much, so happy to hear and very kind of you to take the time to comment. ☺️

[@billwnyj]

This is a great video. Thank you for giving us your time. I’m finally growing a pink flamingo on the 3rd try. That makes me very happy. Every time I see a new leaf popping up in the plant’s center, it feels like Christmas morning!

[@cherylbelott]

I always struggle with choosing favorites, but you have inspired me to do more plant shopping! 😉🌱 But I think I’m gonna need another tank 🤭🤫

[@thesmallscape]

Oh good, yay for more tanks haha! ☺️

[@TheOfficialSteelReign]

I love Love LOVE this video! I'll be watching it again when I have paper and pen to write some of this down.

[@thesmallscape]

Thanks, Whip. You just made my day. 🙌😌

[@Yonnie2436]

I still go back and watch your info, you have been a blessing to me 🥰 Thank you

[@TrueNorf]

The water is ALWAYS fine on The Small Scape!! Love it J!!! 😆👍🏾

[@MarryandGary]

I have my Oscar / Severum tank , my wife has a 40 Gallon community tank both in our bedroom LOL We now have a 75 in the living room and we tried live Swords for the first time. Things were not going well and we now know why , I caught this video 2 months ago and we now have a nice planted tank Anubias mostly ,Narrow leaf sword and Kleiner Bar all doing well . Thank you

[@davefromiowa3843]

Another great lesson from Professor Joanna

[@thesmallscape]

Lol! Ok quiet down now. Take a seat. Eyes on your own paper. 😂😂

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

I am and have been all three 😁 Good morning my beautiful friend Joanna! You nailed it with this video, this will be a great video to share with friends... especially ones that see my tanks and want to know how I did it 🤣 I did it because I watched videos like yours 💪😍 Thank you for an amazing video and always encouraging us to give things a try with great ideas and tips 💡 I hope you have a wonderful day 🙏🌿🐟🌿💚

[@thesmallscape]

Hi Mary Paige - me too - more plants the merrier! I like info summarized in groups so I hope it helps a few folks. Hope you are having a nice day, it’s nice and sunny ☀️ here. Xoxo! ☺️

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

thanks so much, your breakdown was purrfect.. just started putting my plants in and I’m really loving it. I’m getting really excited and I’m even gonna graduate to have some shrimp. ironically, I have worked at a tree and shrub and perennial nursery for the past 15 years, but I know nothing about aquatic plants, except for maybe the water iris. I’d like a floating plant that’s roots gets to about 2 to 3 inches, is there a category, or a plant you suggest? PS, I almost buried a rhizome plant until I watched this video.. I pulled it out and tied it to a rock touching the soil, but not buried. Don’t bury the crown. That’s some thing we tell everyone, so that one I did know instinctively or by experience, but I didn’t really know how to put the rhizomes in

[@christopherlamar9285]

Early Gang🤗✨ Hello Joanna and everyone 👋 Thanks for the video informative as always and cool way to do the video Very helpful love you and your husband channel 💓 blessings to you guy's

[@thesmallscape]

Hello Christopher! So glad to hear it ☺️

[@amariel6250]

Another great video from The Small Scape and Joanna! This video is what you want to know about plants when new to the hobby. I'm just crazy about aquatic plants 🧡, maybe even more so than fish. I love your style of aquascaping, very inspiring. So far, I'm having nice growth with cryps wendtti Brown, anubias. Yesterday I bought very small Tonkinensis crypts and some Sagittaria subulata, I'm so excited to see if I can maintain them! My betta seems so happy with the carpet plants. Fingers crossed.

[@feralon9570]

Good morning! Great video, as always! My heart has the amazon sword.. I know they are for the bigger tanks but they are so easy to grow. I popped one in my 29 gallon quarantine tank and it is huge and gorgeous. It's just a 29 kit tank with the crappy hood lights and the swords LOVE those low lights. I will move it to the 120 some day if it get to big but for now it is gorgeous in that tank.

[@carolebraswell982]

Fantastic video today! So much great aquatic plant information!!! Thank you so much!

[@thesmallscape]

I’m so glad to hear it ☺️

[@littlemidwestrebornsdolls]

Thanks for this video. I'm trying new plants. Each time I've tried Bacopa it dies. Perhaps because I was impatient when they melted, I thought just a stem was dead. My favorite plants are Anbuis nano petite. Off topic you looked extra pretty today, Joanna. Happy planting.

[@myserenitycrafts]

Hi. I was gonna say Anubis is the pothos of the house plant world. I am really enjoying your videos.

[@markhunter2244]

Super video with a great list of beginner plants. You can’t beat Anubias it’s totally indestructible, which is perfect for me (apart from the super glue 😳).

[@thesmallscape]

Lol - you and that super glue. 😂

[@markhunter2244]

🤪🤗

[@kerrypitt9789]

Honestly in my humble and selfish opinion, the only floating plant that causes a problem is Duckweed. One innocent little duckweed can lead to a continuous Matt of floating green. If you don't have it, keep it that way, if you do have lots of it (you never have a little) then buy shrimp and use duckweed to make food for them. Frogbit is my favorite Nitrogen control. That stuff sucks up nitrates faster than me attacking a strawberry shake! I love this feature because my city water has been really bad this last couple of years. Frogbit has saved me a number of times. Some of them have grown to 5 inches in a couple of weeks, but my water stays clean. If I get too many I either toss them or give them to people who want them. It is hard to get other floaters here but I keep trying. Those long trailing roots really look nice as well. Sometimes I enjoy the plants more than I do the fish!

[@aadeorukhkar]

I loved how you divided the plants per how they are planted. I learned all the hard way: crypts melting, fern with blk spots, etc. still deciding the best combo for my 10 Gallon. Question: once my plants take hold (in substrate), can I rearrange them, say if I want to change the look of the tank altogether, can I replace them and have them grow? Thanks!

[@thesmallscape]

Hi! Yup, we all learn the hard way. You certainly can rearrange and plant them elsewhere - there are just some that will tolerate less than others. Like crypts - they like to be left alone ☺️

[@aadeorukhkar]

@@thesmallscape Thanks! That helps.Yes, crypts are finicky for sure. One of my anubias just sprouted a new leaf so I am excited!

[@pjp9383]

Anyone else know how Chris at Fish For Thought always says "Don't forget to get your hands wet" as his tagline at the end of his videos? I could totally imagine Joanna saying "Come on in, the water's fine" at the beginning of her videos.

[@thesmallscape]

That’s awesome! Very representative of my mission to get people into the hobby (fun fact, my sister thought of that phrase!)☺️

[@salbolini1559]

Excellent detailed video. Brand new to aquatic plants and learning alot from your channel. What kind of wood is in that tank at the 8:58 mark in the video. I love that. And is that wood ok for a betta set up.?

[@darrylmoore5847]

That is one heck of a good video. I wish that this video had existed when I was starting with plants many years ago.

[@thesmallscape]

Aw - thanks Darryl! 😋

[@BB-bv6uq]

Excellent info , so I watched it twice in a row. Thanks for sharing. Loving your channel glad I subscribed 👍👍

[@thesmallscape]

Wow!! That’s a whole chunk of time there. You made my day! 😃😊

[@hummingbird3771]

That tank at 9 minutes is dreamy!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Great tutorial. Short and to the point. Excellent.

[@rachelschildman2327]

Thanks for this video! I have to say, I am totally in love with Anubias right now - coffeefolia is my fave ❤️❤️❤️

[@thesmallscape]

Ya. It’s a stunner!! ☺️🌱

[@Rivercat0338]

Good timing. My betta died last week and I want to rescape the tank before I think about getting a new one. I was floating bacopa and wedging a catapa leaf into the strands so she could nap on it.

[@thesmallscape]

Oh I’m so sorry to hear that. I wish you joy in rescaping. ☺️

[@JDfan3340too]

Favorite Anubias is the Nana. But I LOVE micro swords. I have several, and plan to get more soon. They look awesome anywhere!

[@thesmallscape]

I know!! Every time I get some, I want more. 😬😆🤭

[@paulhunt2888]

Thank you Joanna A great idea of yours to have groups of plants. I have tried many times to grow hair grass but it always ends up failing. I wish I knew the secret to that . Anyway interesting as always 😊

[@thesmallscape]

Ya. That one is a stinker on many levels.

[@ivetted.8276]

Hello, i just came across your channel. I'm starting a new aquarium, (it's been many many years since I had one). I would like to have live plants. My question is, After setting up the tank, how long do I have to wait before I can add fish to the tank? Thank you.

[@judymiller5165]

Thank you for this video. I want to add plants to my tank and have not been able to get help from the box pet stores. In my area, they don't have floating plants, nor do they have people with plant knowledge. I have ordered a small amount of floating plants. I don't understand about lighting. What kind of light is best? Do I need to replace the lighting that came with my tank?

[@granthudson1086]

I do love the colour range of ludwigia

[@Fish_Nexus]

Do you edit your own videos? For fish keeping KZbin connect on a small scale (haha small scape small scale) your videos are edited very easy on the eyes with the fade but yet also gorgeous b roll at the right intervals. And last but not least THE SOUND is very well balanced! Not sure if you’re doing it all on your own but the hard work is definitely noticed

[@WorldAquariumSingapore]

Cheers nice share there and thanks

[@bonnieeden228]

Thank you Joanna. I’m fairly new to plants in the aquarium hobby. I have. Few tanks with some plants, but most are silk plants for my bettas. Great information. Thank you Joanna 🤗

[@thesmallscape]

That’s how we started, with the silk ones. ☺️

[@deltacharlie5556]

I'm a beginner with plants, and I've recently had success with 'narrowleaf' sagittaria subulata. It resembles jungle val but grows up to 20" tall only or so. I have a low tech tank with root tabs in basic gravel substrate and the plant really took off. I'm still not sure exactly the difference between narrowleaf and dwarf sag because I believe they share the same scientific name.

[@cathymoran1671]

What brand/type/model are those little tanks behind you? I love how they all "go together".

[@thesmallscape]

Those are Lifegard Aquatics 😊

[@wendihamlett105]

Duckweed is equal to dandelions you either see it as a menace or a pretty beneficial. I'm lazy and learned to lean back and accept it! Thanks Joanna!

[@thesmallscape]

I try to appreciate its tinyness 😂

[@JohnSMITH-ig4rr]

Cool channel! 💚

[@nicmaci7087]

best plants = annubis and crypts! I also recently found that Hygrophilia does so well in my tanks :)

[@IsabellaM._]

I love floating plants! Terrific information 🙂

[@thesmallscape]

Yay for floating plants!!! ☺️☺️☺️

[@BB-bv6uq]

Super super video, you dumb it down for us noobs. Great stuff 👍👍 Loving your channel glad I subscribed 😉

[@thesmallscape]

Awww - so nice!!! I dumb everything down so I can understand it. ☺️

[@christinamccrann]

My faves are anubias nana and nana petite, java fern, crypts, buce and java moss!

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

What if I chocked in four or five water hyacinth, you know like the pond plants, they’re big but they can’t over grow your tank. You can always just toss them. also, what about watercress on top? Have you tried that one? Somebody suggested it because it’s cheap and easy and I think easy to eradicate 😊

[@Coyo-Tea]

Thanks to you Joanna it has to be anubias for me

[@garymcpherson7476]

My favorite quote. If your new to the hobby and you dont know what MTS is.. you will

[@thesmallscape]

😂😂 thanks for catching that one.

[@XCaliKev]

👍😎 Nice video Joanna. Never tried plant’s but will after we move in few months. Would floating plants work with lids & canopy?

[@kristenwinter8157]

Great video!

[@thesmallscape]

Thank you, Kristen! ☺️

[@apss5736]

Amazing video Joanna.🐠🐟🌱🌱

[@thesmallscape]

🌱☺️🌱

[@TripleJAquatics]

Great guide!

[@photonut63]

What do you think about elodea?

[@rockyandmiles9889]

I love banana plants! So cute when they shoot off a lily pad! My betta loves hanging out under it 😅

[@thesmallscape]

I have not kept the banana plant yet!!! I need to ...like ASAP!

[@roxanefunderburk1079]

What’s best for 1 gallon tank for dwarf frog

[@courtney6168]

Great help ❤️

[@BigSmokeSteve]

nice much love ❤️

[@simplycurlyde]

For a planted plant, I really like water wisteria. With just a little bit of liquid fertilizer, it does grows fairly fast.

[@christopherlamar9285]

I want to try and grow more red plants but not to sure if I can I hear high lights and co2 helps but I'm struggling with even the bacopa carolinia. I want to try baby tears or rotala's

[@feralon9570]

Rotala is sooo easy to grow! Mine spreads like crazy. I have it in a 20 long with medium lighting. Red/pink plants do like a little more iron, which you can grab roots tabs or liquid ferts to help increase the red in the plant. I find myself trimming it every couple of weeks, you just cut the top off and replant the tops to propagate. IMO it is the easiest plant in the hobby!

[@christopherlamar9285]

@@feralon9570 that's cool thanks for the help👋

[@ranjanty]

I'm looking for plants that filter the water the best, like consuming nitrates. Yes I'm a beginner and doesn't have a aquarium yet.

[@sunshinecarnivores1919]

Ever tried growing Utricularia gibba or Utricularia gramofolia? Both are carnivorous and the first is a floater and the second is a planted and grows like grass.

[@Scooter1965]

Can you please share more tips on fertilizer, when and how to use them in Nano tanks?

[@compucowboy]

Looking forward to vals

[@kimberlybellinger3925]

Currently my battle/fav is my banana plant! It is gorgeous and I love it but my dwarf gourami insists that it is his and will be where he puts it. I planted a leaf of it and a back corner a while ago and I'm about ready to pull it up and see if there's any sprouts coming underneath my substrate don't know if that's even possible but the leaf is doing well

[@michaelstarina9675]

I had one tank for 8 years. In the past two months, I went from one to five!!!!

[@elgezouliabdul4973]

Hello for the information I have a juwel rio 125 L aquarium i want to planted with echinodorus and anubias do I need a high level of filteration with lot of biological media or does just internal juwel filter shall be enough. My big filter holds 6 kilo of biological media and juwel internal filter takes around 1.5 kilo of media . Please advise me !thanks Thanks à lot

[@primitivesecond4239]

Waw so beautiful

[@leo2o915]

Best background plant for a 5 gallon nano tank without the lid :)

[@DinoDaniel89]

Do we need to turn off filter before adding liquid fertiliser?

[@thesmallscape]

Nope ☺️

[@swimforward1700]

If you haven’t already, try the red tiger lotus. Extremely beautiful and super easy.

[@thesmallscape]

It’s on my list! ☺️

[@rockyandmiles9889]

I love the look of bacopa but they always turn into stems 😆 doesn’t help that my Honey Gourami eats them lol! But even in betta tanks etc they don’t last. I get diatoms on my plants too, all my tanks are established for over a year and I still get brown algae 😫

[@j.a.8785]

This one is one of my favorites yet! I do like organized; ) rotala indica \m/ 🤙🏾🌿

[@thesmallscape]

Yay! So glad to hear it! Nice 🌱pick!☺️

[@j.a.8785]

@@thesmallscape you are on a roll with some great content! Very interested on what's next, intriguing?

[@j.a.8785]

@@thesmallscape surprised it wasn't on your list. Do you have any in your tanks?

[@irvsjankybuilds]

I recently got an Amazon sword and I'm scared of it. It's gonna get huge and idk how to deal with it 😬 I was thinking of getting a fish bowl and just having it there by itself I wonder how it would look near the window 🤔

[@Muneeraaaaaaaa]

Isn't superglue toxic to fish?

[@thesmallscape]

Nope, believe it or not. ☺️

[@Cichlid_4_ever]

This channel should do a live stream then have Jason as a guest on the show. Tehehehe I tried Amazon frogbit but it died. That wasn’t an easy floater

[@pecosR0B]

the "B" in Subwassertang is actually an S set which would be Susswasstertang. W's are pronounced as V's, not the a sound in the word tan but more like the a in wand. Also I believe the U has an umlaut which would make it Suesswassertang, like saying in between sus and Sue - "Soos"

[@bobpurcell3814]

Crypts are probably my favorite

[@thesmallscape]

It’s a classic plant. 🌱😊

[@luvleroze123]

Which type of plants bloom flowers.

[@theirishman8455]

Cool shirt, you should make on like: “The Small Scape” with a pic of a Betta on the front 😃 I have Brazilian Pennywort for my aquariums, I love it, but beware so do mystery snails lol

[@thesmallscape]

That would be fun - or some green neons 🤭 but there would have to be a plant too ..😃

[@theirishman8455]

@@thesmallscape yes! A colored up betta or tetra with a few plants around it 🤩

[@compucowboy]

Crypts are my fav

[@karenaubrey5737]

Good Morning.

[@blooky102]

In my experience java fern is the hardiest plant I have ever kept, mine is 6 years old and even multiplied so I attached it to more rocks in my aquarium.

[@vazzaroth]

You probably do, but do you or your audience know Susswassertang basically just means Freshwater Seaweed in German? I'm surprised a version of this name hasn't gotten more popular since everyone struggles with the name lol. I took 2 years of German in school, that's the only reason I know about the Strauss and W=V. süß = Sooss which = Sweet. Wasser = Vahser = Water. Tang = seaweed. So it's a sweet water Seaweed. And Susswasser/Sweetwater is just the german word for Freshwater, lol. Which I find pretty entertaining. I'm a sweetwater fish keeper :B

[@thesmallscape]

Lol - I may have mentioned that in my species video for this plant. Not sure though. I remember hearing that and laughing to myself. It just makes the plant that much cooler! 😊

[@MFTAQ]

Great video

[@thesmallscape]

Thank you! 🌱

[@jennifermartin506]

Great video. Thank you.

[@jaydenweldon6467]

my favourite plant is anubias nana petite and crypts

[@thesmallscape]

🌱🙌🌿

[@elizabethG633]

I absolutely hate Hornwort. I love Anubias petite nana. Mine are growing like crazy, and yet I thought they were slow growing, same with my Anubias petite. I have had a lot of bad experiences, but mostly due to the BBA that came in on some plants I bought before I was aware of what to watch out for.

[@phillip1beer]

I enjoyed your presentation very much. I have a floating plant that looks much like your Ambulia but I am not sure what it is. It is growing like crazy. I am going to try planting some of it in the sub straight. I also have duckweed growing very fast. I intend to dip out most of the duckweed and dry it to use as fish food and also use in fish food mixes. I also have some Anubius growing, some Java fern, java moss, and crypts. I am kind of new to growing aquarium plants though I have been an aquarium hobbyist for sixty-two years. Aquaponics is also a new experiment for me. The aquarium hobby is something I have never gotten tired of.

[@BigJeec]

xD Staurogyne repens (S. repens) I remember someone struggling saying that one during a live stream few weeks ago :P

[@MrBoxxed]

Afraid to try java moss...

[@vazzaroth]

How do I reduce the melt/browning of my floaters? Esp frogbit. It gets pushed up against the glass by the bubbler. Anyone have an idea for that? I think they're simply melting from being too wet on top, esp with the bubbler spraying a bit of water onto them over time.

[@thesmallscape]

Right. Floaters don’t like heavily flow and water on top. Only thing I could think of is have hardscaping or plants extending above surface and blocking the flow for the floaters. ☺️

[@ejfishes7610]

Hi Joanna, I really enjoy my crypt plants. So many varieties! I’ve never tried Buce but would like to at some point.

[@thesmallscape]

Hey dude! Crypts are cool, very well behaving. Buce is sweet looking - especially the godzilla variety! 🙌 🐉