TOP 10 + More Types of Unusual Floating Aquarium Plants NO Substrate Plants!

Hello today we go through the overgrowth of my fish room and what I have learned from the behavior of several types of aquarium plants. As time has passed many of my plants have gone through various transitional stages. As they continue to strive to the surface some have made it there and beyond. In this video I will share a bit of which ones and some of my experiences. Aquarium Plants without soil. Fish keeping made easy. Types of Easy Aquarium Plants.
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[@faedoyle4147]

Part of the reason I didn’t have success with plants is that I over cleaned. I have learned to let the environment evolve. It’s because of you that I’ve relaxed into my tanks. Just let em do man.....lovin it!!!! ❤️❤️

[@LRBaquatics]

Thats awesome to hear that is my main message I try to portray because its the biggest block in the road for keeping aquariums we all go through.

[@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058]

@@LRBaquatics same thing with me I kept hearing about how dirty tanks can kill fish & I kept all mine clean then when the fish started dying I got out of the hobby (guppies) now I have goldfish & wild lake fish (bluegills-pan fish) In a 110 gal stock tank. I have a 1455 gph pump in the wild tank & a 55 gal drum cut in 1/2 as a bog filter system for it & working on getting some plant's that will grow in it.

[@gfuller16]

0:36 Brazilian Pennywort (Hydrocotyle Leucocephala) 1:56 Rotala Rotundifolia 2:49 Rotala Colorata 3:45 Limnophila Aromatica 4:00 Limnophila Sessiliflora 4:13 Hygrophila Angustifolia 4:36 Pogostemon Stellatus Octopus 5:01 Willow Moss (Fontinalis Antipyretica) 5:47 Dwarf Sagittaria Subulata 6:06 Pilo Moss (Pilotrichaceae sp. moss) 6:59 Crystalwort (Riccia Fluitans) 7:37 Bacopa 8:16 Hornwort (Ceratophyllum Demersum) 8:49 Guppy Grass 9:22 Taiwan Lily (Nymphoides Hydrophylla) 9:57 Italian Vallisneria 10:38 Pearlweed 11:15 Hemianthus Callitrichoides 11:38 Potamogeton Gayi 12:00 Hydrocotyle Tripartita 12:40 Red Tiger Lotus (Nymphaea Zenkeri) 12:22 Bucephalandra, Cryptocoryne, Anubias 13:56 Helanthium Vesuvius (Echinodorus)

[@mymysticaqua2952]

Thank you 😊

[@LRBaquatics]

No not the cheat sheet!! 😅 RIP Watch Time Lol Just messing nice work putting that together!

[@akhileshthapa_fishbro86]

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[@white_isnt_a_race2338]

🙏🙏🙏

[@baum8981]

LRB hacking all the algorithms :D

[@vb2377]

Pearlweed and guppy grass :) best combo for breeding in my experience. I plant the pearlweed and float guppy grass. Cover everywhere. With enough plant load, we can cut down on water changes

[@quki3]

😍 I’m obsessed with floating plants.

[@Chris18o0]

Definitely going to be checking your site and the LFS for these. Floaters are perfect for pond season

[@Indusxstan]

So much new information in this video. Brilliant 💎

[@caroleinwv]

I have been starting to float just about everything except Crypt and Annubia. This is partially from your example and partially from finding that they seem to do better. Thanks for your inspiration! Love these videos! "Superstrate"

[@an1l381]

One of the best videos I've seen on planted tanks for sure

[@akhileshthapa_fishbro86]

Awesome video Lucas... Can't wait to try this out. ❤️

[@carriehaberkorn4781]

Thank you for this. I’m ordering plants and love the plants I can float 🙌

[@red_hobbit3323]

This was super helpful and your prices are awesome!! Thank you!

[@loerya99]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I am always learning and evolving as a new fishkeeper and I really appreciate the time you take in explaining your philosophy as well as the practical tips.

[@LRBaquatics]

Thank you!

[@chosen2030]

​@@LRBaquaticsexcellent, informative video! Have you used Hygroryza aristata? If you have, would love to hear your experience with it and it's care requirements for either an indoor aquarium or outdoor tub.

[@dfabe5346]

Dude I'm so happy I found your channel again, I used to watch you years ago. Glad to see that you're still putting up vids, all the best to you and thanks for the info.

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks!

[@Dragonkrux]

This was awesome! Thanks dude!

[@shesellsfish]

Awesome! I did not know some of these would float and grow well, like willow moss. I love willow moss. Now I will try floating it. Excited to see it in that form. 👍💓👍

[@phillip1beer]

I really enjoyed this video. I took notes and saved the video for later reference.

[@baum8981]

Thanks for sharing this info, i will most likely come back to this several times in the future :)

[@DEXTER-TV-series]

Maybe your best video! Short and informative! Extremely better than your Friday Night hour+ videos about I don't know what.

[@Kaitlin.D]

This definitely answers the question I asked in the live stream. Thanks for suggesting it!

[@LRBaquatics]

Glad to hear it and you are welcome thanks for joining us!

[@edgard.9083]

Wow! Going try this.

[@GlassSurfing]

Awesome, thanks!

[@abeldominguez2306]

Very useful video. Thanks and hangs from Madrid

[@johnnybest6386]

Very interesting thanks today i learned something new

[@johnnybest6386]

All these years wow every day u learn something new

[@madcat61207]

Good show 😾👍 I'm so glad i spent time here learning about floating plants with you 😾✌️

[@amazonpancakes543]

Great video!!

[@johnnybest6386]

Thanks for the info

[@barkaiyaari3176]

outstanding thx!

[@Signor1pc]

Awesome video!

[@velcapitan]

This is a great video...thanks

[@harveymogarawanderingfilip5318]

Now, that's a aquatic garden my friend.

[@PatrickGeneLeBlancHardy]

Thank you for sharing 💪 ✌

[@djc20]

great video, i love to float almost all of those!

[@johnjwedrall4290]

Good informative video, thanks 👍

[@the_DOS]

Ancharis is a good one too

[@MridulSinghMusic]

All of those are great floaters, including Ludwigias, Lobelia, and Lindernia!

[@Vincent-kx9ze]

Awesome.

[@LegendMuse84]

Bought many of them, thaaaanks!

[@johnnybest6386]

Thanks brother

[@nickrector]

Need to clip that part of the video of the guppy tank and put it on your sales website. I was getting distracted by them as well. Was glad you said what kind they were because I was going to ask.😁

[@MrPhatbasslines]

Thanks for the proper names

[@Wormwoodification]

Dude. A vertible weatlh of knowledge. Wth. Loved the floating moss. I like moss.

[@mae1813]

Ahh your fish room looks like mine I like it :) well i also have a few mangrove trees and pothos growing out the tops toward the back of the aquariums too (covers the empty walls above my tanks as im too short to have tanks any higher and yea a few nails and fishing line the pothos hang on and climb : ) green plants dashes of red here and there and fish fish and more fish :)

[@LRBaquatics]

Sounds lovely. I had a few houseplants growing out of a couple there.

[@andrewyeverino6764]

Thanks for sharing! Based on your video, I think I’ll be ordering some pearl weed, pilo moss, Limnophilia Aromatics, Rotala Rotundifolia, Bacopa Moneri, and possibly the Hydrocotyle Tripartita 👍

[@Ishiisan]

I got some Crystal Wort from you almost two years ago. Great floater in shrimp or skittish fish tank.

[@JohnSmith-il4wi]

Came here from SerpaDesign. Liked and Subcribed

[@LRBaquatics]

Awesome! I have a old video tour of all his ariums from his old place. He is great guy!

[@ericesper348]

Great video I plan on in about 4 months when I'm physically able to put 5 more 40 gallon breeders into my Mini fishroom. Definitely want to set one up with Riccia, Maybe 2/3 full. Sort of like the kind of bog we see up here in Southern Michigan. Then some dim light loving fish under it. At least 2 of them and 5 10 gallons Will be no filtration. Going to give your approach a try

[@LRBaquatics]

Awesome have faith in mother nature ;) let her do her thing.

[@SubparPanda]

I'm extremely tempted to buy riccia and pennywort now! Great vid tho will keep it in mind when I get tired of my duckweed and water lettuce

[@johnjwedrall4290]

Found your channel today and subscribed to it today 😀 👍

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks and welcome!

[@Mr.TrouDeCul]

Nice

[@timond1987]

Great video! I noticed there is not much surface agitation in any of your tanks. I was always told that it's super important but everything in your tanks looks very healthy with minimal surface movement. Can you please let me know your thoughts on this?

[@LRBaquatics]

The aquariums have no filters and run like fancy mud puddles. I have been doing it for years. Mother Nature does the work besides making it rain aka water change which I wouldn’t do more then 25% a week. I have some tanks that have gone year without water change just top off. Join us tonight at 930 pm EST and I can get more in depth on there.

[@mae1813]

Guppy grass I'm gonna need some of that, I don't have that yet.

[@afifahzulkefli2647]

I love your video, i have tried if not all, some of the plants you mentioned here but i planted them. And did not have them growing out emersed like that. Will need to try float them. That being said, would love to know for your planted tanks, what substrate are you using? Are they all dirt tank?

[@LRBaquatics]

I’ve used all kinds of substrates. Dirt and sand are my favorite. But even most the common plants in the aquarium can grow in gravel. As you can see illustrated in the video. Since essentially they aren’t even using substrate.

[@afifahzulkefli2647]

@@LRBaquatics appreciate the reply. i’ve only ever set up one dirted tank before and for a long time, the plants growth were amazing. i remember restarting it all over again when the algae start growing and i couldn’t get rid of them. watching your videos now i realize i should just leave it be and let nature do its thing. i have 2 blackwater tanks now, and one ikea vase setup with aquatic soil. i’ll go back to dirt for sure now 🙏🏻

[@richardmaccarthy101]

This might sound crazy, but is there a 'best plant' for emersed growth in a closed-lid tank? It's for a little...competition (basically I'm looking for something that will emerge out into that couple of inches of space...and then stop? That kinda sounds like "not a thing" though...). I gotta say, I LOVE these plant-focused videos...

[@daliborstefanovic893]

what lighting you use (what intensities, colors) and how many hours is the photo period?

[@mymysticaqua2952]

I am impressed with all your plants. I even kill the low tech plants. 😅

[@baum8981]

Alright, within a week my new tank now contains 2 types of stem plants semi floating with it rooting in a filter mat background I also bought a taiwan lily today My rainbow congo tetras should look good under them :)

[@thedoujinguynico7315]

Ive done Montecarlo first make a carpet then lift it it will float at the top and the leaves aill pop out of the water and it will grow fast

[@akhileshthapa_fishbro86]

I feel that low or no water movement seems to work for floating plants... Any opinions???

[@CasualAquatics]

Hello friend ccac in the house!

[@LRBaquatics]

Woot woot!

[@giselleramirez4234]

What kind of fertilizer do you use for the Brazilian pennywort?

[@LRBaquatics]

KZbin search LRB Aquatics plant food fertilizer and it will show you how I make mine

[@jamesparadigm]

💚💚💚

[@wantsome-zs5sq]

I'm not a guppy person but those orange and black guppies are killer

[@joeburrus4934]

Hey bud what kind of floating plants u sell ur site I don't see much

[@magnetman3t725]

Would some of these plants be good with Bristlenose Plecos

[@LRBaquatics]

All of them will since they float. Plecos will sit and hide in them too, its cool

[@rgilroy1909]

java moss, java fern, frogbit, rrfloaters there are oh so many

[@nutmeggs]

I have been telling people that tiger lotus is an awesome floater and nobody ever believes me!

[@pjp9383]

8:49 LRB: You guys hungry??? Me: 😂😂😂 They're guppies. They're ALWAYS hungry!

[@CRUMPETSHERE]

Anyone know if Monte Carlo or Hc Cuba can grow floating ? LRB amazing videos do more like these :)

[@LRBaquatics]

Yes they can just like pearl weed

[@CRUMPETSHERE]

@@LRBaquatics you think eco complete is suitable substrate for growing Hemianthus callitrichoides or will that make the ph higher?

[@spiritualsaggi6297]

Question: How do you gravel vac when there are dense plants in the aquarium?

[@LRBaquatics]

I dont

[@MissChelle]

Thank You, great video. Can you recommend a floating plant that will do ok under a lid? The condensation is ruining my frog & red root floaters 🙁❤️🇦🇺

[@LRBaquatics]

Some stem plants may be able to survive like the bacopa. It is tough to do floaters with lids.

[@MissChelle]

Thx for replying. I have some bacopa, I’ll give it a go. I’m trialing dwarf baby tears too. ❤️🇦🇺

[@daniellesomerville3018]

I've had good luck with pearlized and hornwort floating with lids and of course duckweed

[@DEXTER-TV-series]

Hello. I bought stem plant (Higrophila Angustifolia). Wow, it wasn't cheap and I want to propagate it to fill the aquarium. How do you advise to propagate: to cut the stem under water or above water? If to cut above water, will the mother plant grow faster since it will have carbon dioxide in the air? But then the daughter plant is the part that wasn't in the water and would have to go through a melting process?

[@LRBaquatics]

Best to propagate underwater. To hard to transition once it grows out of water. It likes to grow a lot and stretch so it makes propagation easy but needs lots of space.

[@bubblerings]

The Legend!!!... LRB AQUATICS Do you have to control mosquito breeding in your house of hundreds of tanks??... many of which are still water... If so... What do you do? Thx. Scotty on Maui.

[@LRBaquatics]

I’ve never had issues with it from my fish or shrimp tanks

[@bubblerings]

@@LRBaquatics ok. Great. I must have fed a nearly 'ripe' mosquito larva from my barrel.. And, it was able to hide from Mosquito Fish in floating hornwort and hatch out. zzz zzz.. My Puffers love them.. Haha.. Thx!

[@appleban6823]

How do you fertilize these tanks? My plants will grow until they run out of fertilizer then lose all of their leave

[@LRBaquatics]

KZbin search LRB Plant Food and a vid should pop up on it

[@victorwu539]

If these are the unusual types of floating plants. Can i ask what the usual ones are as well? My favorite plants are ones that float but sit right below the water level. I've found that these are most versatile types of plants and am always looking to get more.

[@LRBaquatics]

Usual ones are duckweed, water lettuce, riccia, frog bit and a few others which mostly sit on top of the water.

[@victorwu539]

@@LRBaquatics thanks! But i was actually looking for plants that stay below the water not above. These are usually the kinds of plants that can be both planted and floated which is why I like them so much. I was thinking of plants like anacharis, water wisteria and water sprite. Or similar plants such as rotala and moneywort as mentioned in your video.

[@davidsenger7694]

What types of floating plants do you recommend for discus? Thanks

[@LRBaquatics]

I had my discus under the tank with the big bushy hygrophila angustafolia and brazilian penny wort. I would recommend most the plants listed besides guppy grass just because it will out grow the discus space to fast and would not be as practical to trim to make feasible for long term use.

[@davidsenger7694]

@@LRBaquatics thanks for the information. I look forward to having a healthy happy aquarium

[@nickclemens7914]

It is not fungus on the dry moss, led ligths can lighten the plants color a bit if to close to the light

[@LRBaquatics]

Like bleaching it? Weird but possible

[@nickclemens7914]

Ive seen it on the top budz that was close to the light on plants when grown under led only😊

[@johnny58689]

What is the plant with the tiawan lily at 9:40?

[@LRBaquatics]

Riccia Flutians

[@johnny58689]

@@LRBaquatics Tyvm! It just looks a wee bit different than the other shot was hard to tell

[@ysman3]

✌🏼

[@mariqnminkov8893]

Super aquariums!!!! My penny plant just dont want to grow. Nonstop melting...

[@LRBaquatics]

Try floating it and should grow better make take time for it to transition its leaves. It does like water changes but doesnt like splashing on its leaves.

[@johnnybest6386]

Pylo moss next on list? Because l.r.b say so❤

[@LRBaquatics]

Send me a email I can check I may have a little I can spare you but will be a long time until it hits the website.

[@sunilnirwana2131]

My plants leaves invaded by brown algae. How to get rid of them?

[@LRBaquatics]

Very common with new tanks. More plants smaller more frequent water changes. Also if you have plants that you got somewhere where they were grown out of water as they transition and die it really draws and feeds the diatom brown algae.

[@Phillycheeseaquatics]

those are not tanks, those are glass ponds that look amazing

[@cichlidssea172]

❤ 🎥 ✌

[@onehitterquitter2130]

You say ferts? Like the aquarium co op all in one bottle

[@user-px6dy2th3s]

Good Video. Is it wrong to have plastic plants in a tank?

[@LRBaquatics]

Lol I dont think so, to each their own. I do think plants play a big role in a healthy environment and mother nature takes care of herself better then any industrial made plastic.

[@user-px6dy2th3s]

@@LRBaquatics Live plants feel a little difficult for the first tank

[@boniboni4912]

@@user-px6dy2th3s you can get some really easy plants like vallisneria, hornworth or even duckweed, hornworth can float or can put it in the substrate, the substrate doesn’t have to be anything fancy, sand would do, my vallisnerias are in sand, or put some Anubias in a piece of wood

[@user-px6dy2th3s]

@@boniboni4912 👍

[@SongwriterTaco]

That tiger lotus is ridiculous

[@acsone3546]

What is your hardness

[@LRBaquatics]

It depends what tank have had them in all sorts or hardness nothing under 100 but as high as 400+

[@forsak3th]

10:35 All you need to know 😂

[@LRBaquatics]

😅

[@herbeenc8042]

@11:43 say what!!!!!!???

[@tompatterson5453]

Ovalis.

[@dollin9515]

The way you pronounce rotala ( roh- tall- a) really annoys me but it doesnt matter much lol Good video displaying the different plants.

[@mossyart6435]

You forget water sprite

[@acsone3546]

None of these plants will work emersed like that unless you have like 90% humidity tho

[@LRBaquatics]

Actually my humidity stays around 50%

[@tamerkesenkas1645]

Everything is a floating plant if you are brave enough apparently

[@ankitpatel5813]

What steroids do you add to your tanks?..... asking for a friend...

[@LRBaquatics]

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