This ONE Change Caused MASSIVE Aquarium Plant Growth!

[@AlirezaBarzegar-z2n]

Great video! I love the way you present your data with graphical diagrams. 👍😊

[@Widquatics]

Thank you! Glad you enjoy :)

[@danielthompson3205]

I did the same ages ago, it's great for my red root floaters. It was a set up for endless but plants are going off in the shade house. Using basics PVC joiners and looking at a bubbler lift. Nt Queensland. australia

[@Widquatics]

Nice, the use of air lifts should work well I imagine as long as the different levels aren't too high. And I agree, the red root floaters and all the other floating plants have really exploded since this video, specifically the dwarf water lettuce!

[@goldenkiwicompote]

Can’t wait to see the new scapes you do with them! They look fantastic. Question though, do you ever have any sort of Anubias rot? I know you just propagate the ones you have and aren’t introducing new ones so maybe you haven’t experienced it. I wanted to do something similar to what you’ve done here. I ordered a few interesting kinds of Anubias and some of them have suffered from what seems to be rhizome rot.

[@Widquatics]

Thanks! Actually yeah, I've encountered something similar to anubias rot once. It was after I I harvested a bunch of anubias for one of my experiments and kept them in a bucket of water for about a week (which was probably too long) until I had time to propagate them. By the time I got to replanting them their rhizomes were starting to melt, starting from the newest growth and working its way down to the older growth. But once I planted them back into my setup the plants rebounded and sprouted new leaves from the non-rotten portions of rhizomes. In my case I think it was the lack of light that caused them to start to melt/rot. So hopefully in your case it was just some stress from shipping and they will hopefully rebound once you get them into a good setup.

[@GeneralSzadek]

Just found you yesterday and was hoping for an update of your anubias experiment. Nice!

[@Widquatics]

Perfect timing, thanks for watching! :)

[@chrisso1973]

Brilliant work, so, so interesting thank you!

[@Widquatics]

Thanks for watching!

[@Businessmindedjamaijan]

Good going. What is the temperature the plants are growing at?

[@Widquatics]

Thanks! I have a small heater in the sump set to around 76f, but the lights also add some heat to the bins above them, which helps keep the plant roots nice and warm for growing.

[@Scaperoot79]

Your plants look amazing! Would you use the same fertilizer for a planted tank?

[@Widquatics]

Thanks, yeah in theory it should also work for aquariums, I've been testing it out a bit and so far it seems promising. Of course it would need to be diluted down quite a bit from the full strength stuff.

[@fistofthenorthstar9010]

hay. I built this system and hated it. I ran into a lot of problems partly because i tried making it a aquaponics system. But it did inspire a better way for me to do things. I would love to share it with you. is there some way for me to email you a video

[@aarox]

Whats a good height between the top of the tub and the lights? Seems like you have about 8 inches? Or does it depend on the light strength?

[@Widquatics]

I'm not 100% sure what the best height would be, I would imagine it would depend on the strength and spread of the light that you are using. For this setup the height is around 7ish inches, but that is only because I wanted to fit five tubs on the rack and that was the height I was left with after evenly spacing each shelf. Hope that makes sense, Thanks for watching! :)

[@fallkruz]

i see on the internet that anubias can grow at 6-8 pH. but i want to know by your experience, what is the best pH and PPM level for anubias? thankss

[@chrisso1973]

Not sure if you’ve considered this, but I for one would love to see this same experiment with Bucephalandra. Would you consider it? 😃👍

[@Widquatics]

Yeah, Buce is definitely on my list of plants I want to start growing and experimenting with. Hopefully soon but I think they will do really well in a setup like this

[@LushAqua]

Wow

[@gamerghost123]

Your trying to sell the locally? I’d buy from u

[@Widquatics]

Sure, email me and we can work something out. [e-mail]

[@SpyrhoTheOneManArmy]

ship some plants to Netherlands xD I pay my self silly buying them

[@Widquatics]

I wish lol I was just in the Netherlands a few months ago, I could have brought you some! 😜Beautiful country btw

[@SpyrhoTheOneManArmy]

@Widquatics aaah damn when your coming back xD

[@danielthompson3205]

Would love to share pics but ... Utube comments :(

[@Widquatics]

yeah fair enough, you could always shoot me an email with some pics, would love to see your setup! [e-mail]