Don‘t Use Anubias, Get These Aquarium Plants Instead!!!

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @FluorescentBetta
    @FluorescentBetta 6 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you so much for low-tech options. So many other channels leave us out. Thumbs up to you!

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  6 месяцев назад

      Thank you for your kind words!!!

  • @LushSaltyAquariums
    @LushSaltyAquariums 8 месяцев назад +4

    Hello friend! Cheers from my fish room channel in Chicago, where I have subscribed to yours! I think your plant list, observations and pointers are spot on. Agree with all of it.

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      Thank you very much! Happy to hear that :)

  • @chandlerburns5904
    @chandlerburns5904 8 месяцев назад +3

    This was a great video! I learned a lot about plants I've never heard of and you're "to the point" and full of knowledge!! Keep it up :) (maybe even make this into a video series)

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      Thank you, I‘m happy that this video was helpful for you! I don’t know if I will do a second video exactly like this one, but there will be more content on setting up planted tanks as a beginner for sure 👍

  • @PotooBurd
    @PotooBurd 6 месяцев назад +2

    2:18 For algae I’d recommend ramshorn snails, and cleaner shrimp (Amano, Malawa, neos-). If you have the space you can have a cleaning tank of snails and shrimps. They do a great job of removing melted tissue and they do not eat live plants. Ramshorn snails are surprisingly fast at eating algae and surfing around the tank.
    In my opinion mystery, and blueberry snails don’t clean very much. Nerite snails clean extremely well and even eat diatom algae. They do lay hard white eggs on everything- so I rarely keep them anymore)

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for your comment! :)
      I also have shrimp and snails in all of my tanks. I „discovered“ ramshorn snails about a year ago and I am amazed. I think they will become my go-to snail for the future… because I have had quite some random deaths with the nerite and clithon snails, and they can’t reproduce… I also want to stay away from wildcaught animals.
      For shrimps, I have a lot of Amanos, but I think I will go into Neos more for the future, because they can reproduce as well, and they are not as ruthless when it comes to digging up my delicate plants 😂
      But I would still keep fast growing easy plants, because it’s best to prevent algae in the first place, and let the cleaning crew take care of the manageable amount that keeps on growing 👍

    • @PotooBurd
      @PotooBurd 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@passion4aqua so true! Thanks for taking the time to reply! 🙌💛

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for taking the time to comment!

    • @DPac9
      @DPac9 5 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed 👍
      I have same cleanup crew for the task! They are the best yet

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  5 месяцев назад

      Agreed!

  • @Phillycheeseaquatics
    @Phillycheeseaquatics 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for showing me shinersia rivularis haha i have never seen or heard of this plant and thanks for the tip about shipping, ill see if i can get some to ship to me in less than 3 days.

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  6 месяцев назад +1

      No problem! The shipping is a factor as I said, but honestly, mine had to wait for two more days at my home before I could plant it, and while it did make the plant melt more, the tips of the stems were still healthy and adapted with ease. I think the online shops mainly warn you so you don’t get mad that the plant looks rotten, but in fact, it is still good for use! I wouldnt worry too much, if they send you a healthy plant, it should do great despite melting a little bit… just make sure that you have enough space for it, since it grows very fast and develops huge leaves below the surface, as you can see on the thumbnail ;)

  • @the_DOS
    @the_DOS 8 месяцев назад +5

    Agree with you. I got a bunch of anubus early on in aquascaping and mistakenly put them by the top where they get a lot of light. It became algae infested all the time. I then moved them into the lower part where it also became infested with algae. Now, I only have them in my non-co2, low light setups and they work well. I don't recommend them in high tech tanks but some people seem to be better at it than me. I do have heavily stocked tanks, so maybe that's the reason idk.

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад +3

      I have had this problem with multiple slow growing plants by now! I think that those problems occur if the slow growing plants are in the tank instead of fast growers. I might try out adding them in addition to multiple fast growing plants, but most often, the layouts with lots of anubias don’t have a lot of stem plants in them 😂
      Maybe it is also a good idea to only plant fast growers at the start, and add all the other plants when the tank is balanced… might experiment with that as well!
      Thanks for commenting and sharing your experience! 👍

    • @jonisolis9645
      @jonisolis9645 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@passion4aquaI add floating plants in the beginning and have tanks with mostly Anubias plants.

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад +1

      That’s a good idea! What floaters do you use and how long do you leave them in the tank?

  • @dammitman1664
    @dammitman1664 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for the video! I have a low tech dirted tank with plants, shrimp, guppies and pond water and I can't keep up with all the baby shrimp taking over the place, and snails galore! I've never changed the water, just add pond water to top it off. But I really like the plant selection you have! My tank has hyacinth and duck weed completely covers the top! So definitely low light underneath!

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад +1

      Very nice! The thing with shrimp and snails is that as long as there are many babies present, there is enough food for them, so they actually protect your tank from getting to „dirty“ and algae outbreaks! Sounds like a nice very low maintenance project! Happy you liked my video! :)

  • @akvaristugur9479
    @akvaristugur9479 7 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful plants my friend, nice sharing

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for the constant support my friend! Best regards!

  • @Lugia007PLn
    @Lugia007PLn 8 месяцев назад +1

    2:26 what are those dotted snails in this moment?

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      „Clithon sowerbianum“, they are called Pink Lady Snails where I got them… but I got them on accident, my order was mixed up at the store, and I wouldn’t really recommend them. If you like pink, look into ramshorn snails, they are easy and will keep your tank in check 👍

  • @jonisolis9645
    @jonisolis9645 8 месяцев назад +1

    I finely got some Hemianthus glomeratus (Pearlweed) and I love it! Grows great in low tech tanks and in ponds!

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      Nice! It is a great plant and you can use it in so many ways!

  • @Scaperoot79
    @Scaperoot79 8 месяцев назад +3

    Just found your channel. Great content!

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      Welcome to the channel and thank you! :)

  • @PotooBurd
    @PotooBurd 6 месяцев назад +1

    0:13 Careful Hygrophila Rosanervig is Illegal in the USA. It’s invasive in our waterways, you can collect it if you find it. But it is illegal to buy or sell. Bummer it is a really gorgeous plant in high light. 💛
    Nice video!

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  6 месяцев назад +1

      I didn’t know that… that’s really sad because it has the great coloration! Here in Germany, there are also some similar cases, I think with the Cabomba species that can survive the winter…

    • @PotooBurd
      @PotooBurd 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@passion4aqua ohh! I didn’t know some cabombas could survive such cold temps- I’ll definitely look into this! Hope you have a nice weekend 😊👍

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  6 месяцев назад +1

      I‘m not 100% sure, but I think it’s some North-American species of Cabomba. Nice weekend to you as well!

  • @simonthibodeau7082
    @simonthibodeau7082 8 месяцев назад +1

    What is the snail at 2:27?? Great video!

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      It is called „Pink Lady Snail“ where I bought it, the scientific name seems to be Clithon sowerbianum. It was mixed up in my order at the store, I didn’t want to have it and I can’t really recommend it. They are wild caught and only 1 of 3 made it trough the first weeks while all other snails thrived… I would get ramshorn snails, they also come in pink (pink ramshorn snails were the snails I actually ordered 😂).
      Happy you like the video!

    • @simonthibodeau7082
      @simonthibodeau7082 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@passion4aqua Interesting! So they are neritidae, same family as the more common nerites. I work at my LFS and we often get clithon corona, horned nerites. They are the only snails I know of that will actually eat BBA. I wonder if these do too, anyway those are super pretty!
      All nerites are wild caught unfortunately, including their bigger more common cousins, and are very picky when it comes to acclimatation. When we get clithon orders in we do loose a lot of them. I have not found better acclimatation methods other than buying 6 or more and expecting some losses in the beginning. The ones that do stick around will be super hardy and live a long time though!
      I keep about 7 species of snails in my 38, ramshorns are still my overall personal favorite as well 😁 they're the MVPs when it comes to pruning dead leaves and making sure there are no leftovers when feeding!
      Nerites including clithon are better algea eaters. Safer bet for beginners as they won't reproduce. I'm always hesitant recommending ramshorns to beginners. Clithons even more so, but you need a ton of them and yeah that can get expensive.
      Thanks!

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      Very interesting to hear about this issue from a different perspective! That’s why I don’t want to buy them anymore, and I made the experience that Ramshorn snails do a really good job and I will just clean the little bit of BBA that appears sometimes manually. I personally think that the reproduction is a good safety net to prevent big amounts of remains in the tank, especially for beginners, and if everything is done correctly, the population stays at a good level after some time. But I get why you would be afraid of an overpopulation, and it also happened to me once.. thank you for your detailed experiences and commenting! :)

  • @TheBlopog
    @TheBlopog 8 месяцев назад +1

    Hello, great video. What are your personnal recommandations about fertilizing (dosage, brand, scheduling...) please ?

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад +1

      It really depends on the type of setup you want to have, there is no right fertilizer for everything. I use Masterline 1 and 2, and fertilize once a week (the amount for 7 days all at once) while doing a 50% water change weekly (before fertilizing)! I will upload a video on fertilizing in 2 weeks, and talk more about how to find the right fertilizer for your project there!
      @xSHADENx this works for some setups, but if you want very lush plant growth and the typical Aquascaping look, fertilizer is the way to go. Also, some people don’t have enough animals in their tank to just rely on them. I also find fertilizing much More convenient in general. But it always depends on the individual goal.

    • @TheBlopog
      @TheBlopog 8 месяцев назад

      @@passion4aqua Thank you for you detailed answer :)

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      No problem

  • @dk-ku4tc
    @dk-ku4tc 7 месяцев назад +1

    So what’s the best to absorb ammonia and easy to grow ?

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  7 месяцев назад

      Difficult to say, all the plants on the list are more or less fast growers (pace of growth equals amount of nutrients the plants takes up)! But Ammonia is mostly taken care of by your nitrifying bacteria and is being processed into nitrates, which are then taken up by your plants. If I would have to give you a name, Limnophila sessiliflora is great, or Pearlweed and floating plants!

  • @salvadorbaez6111
    @salvadorbaez6111 8 месяцев назад

    Hi , may I please have the link for the amazon light?

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      Hi, I have this one: www.amazon.de/SENZEAL-Aquarium-Beleuchtung-Zwillinge-1600LM/dp/B07W8V9HJV/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8tULPipUEY9cJLafkFxgomfmVhShaxfmJbxtyKtCjXsFT23phqDKinIpyFLxAn9-gidUjdiWqwZExLpfXSzcslCOkI3yQmHr5BNq8baBTsycxZs5N9iWAdIyZk7NwRyvdr0iiObT7S2_r0VMnWMuang7xziIcRvVJYnz-uXu9KjVZ3oHP8ec-CA2Cs2crKZzj62xV9BnUkEygjL6RSKgRA.S12Xwrj8xrx5HrVFlsxJXxsI616Je6jgUGgmiIs8Eco&dib_tag=se&keywords=aquarium+led+2&qid=1712281281&sr=8-4

  • @jimmyhfishes
    @jimmyhfishes 8 месяцев назад +2

    Looks great....new sub

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      Thank you, Welcome to the channel! :)

  • @goderea
    @goderea 8 месяцев назад +1

    Schismatoglottis is one of the easiest plant I've found to keep

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the tip! Which species exactly? Might add it to the plant list for my next project 👍

    • @goderea
      @goderea 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@passion4aqua Schismatoglottis prietoi, it's available from the Tropica brand.

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      Thank you, I will add it to my list, got a project coming up that will perfect for it :)

  • @raylexa
    @raylexa 8 месяцев назад +4

    I try every plant I can get hold of and see what I have success with the rest I don't use again anubius is not a good plant for me at all

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад

      That’s a good approach, I have never managed to grow Microsorum and I don’t know why 😂 maybe I will try again soon…

    • @Celestial_exotics
      @Celestial_exotics 6 месяцев назад +1

      You need to give anubias very low lighting, too much light will kill your anubias,fertilize regularly..it's a great plant indeed.

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  6 месяцев назад

      I keep them successfully in multiple tanks, and I would recommend them to everyone. I just don’t think that they are the ultimate superweapon in the world of aquarium plants, like they are sometimes portrayed. Beginners who want a planted aquarium will probably have a harder time only using plants like anubias; because they don’t do much for the tank despite looking good! Thats why I made the video, because with enough of these plants in, you can easily keep anubias while still having enough nutrient export!

  • @AussieAquatic
    @AussieAquatic 8 месяцев назад +1

    New sub 😊

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you, welcome to the channel! :)

  • @kenblock6012
    @kenblock6012 4 месяца назад

    but all needs substrate to grow ,or ? anubias dont need it ..

  • @tsheringdorji6156
    @tsheringdorji6156 8 месяцев назад

    But it has to be available in the region.

  • @daffafirst8538
    @daffafirst8538 4 месяца назад

    Reason to use anubias is they are good to look

  • @wcdeich4
    @wcdeich4 8 месяцев назад +1

    I get white slime that kills plants 😢

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад +1

      Those are probably bacteria colonies, they are normal at the start of the tank and will be happily eaten by shrimps if you have some. Have you just started your tank? Or do you have this problem for a longer period of time?

    • @wcdeich4
      @wcdeich4 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@passion4aqua A longer period, but I may have been restarting the cycle by desperately cleaning to try to fix things. Also, I clean around my apartment w/ rubbing alcohol & saltwater fish-keepers told me that might actually hyper-stimulate bacteria growth (saltwater fish-keepers call that "carbon dosing). I've been thinking a lot about whether I should try to have a fish-tank again or not.

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, I heard of this approach in the saltwater hobby, some hobbyist apparently put Vodka in their tanks. I don’t have experience with this though and I don’t know how it would influence a freshwater tank.
      But to be honest, I also had several setups that just escalated and I wasn’t able to achieve a balance at all. Eventually I redid the setups and it worked out without a problem. Aquariums are very very complex systems and it is impossible to understand certain phenomenons sometimes. If you still want to have an aquarium, don’t be discouraged because it didn’t work this one time. Maybe research a bit more on cycling a tank, use many plants at the start and do a few water changes, and you will have success! And have some patience, bacteria growth and algae are completely normal at the start and if you stick to your routine (research), they will go away after a few weeks!
      Good luck my friend! :)

    • @wcdeich4
      @wcdeich4 8 месяцев назад

      @@passion4aqua Thank you my friend for caring enough to reply. Actually, my tanks have failed multiple times. In addition to hydrocarbon fumes dosing the tank, there is a chance I could have some kind of bad spores in my environment. Also, I admit I have overfed in the past. And, when I did experiments with plants & no animals but fertilizers instead, I may have used too much / the wrong fertilizer - it's hard to get it just right in a tiny test container.

    • @wcdeich4
      @wcdeich4 8 месяцев назад

      @@passion4aqua Also, somehow, my water did not produce any green algae at all, only white slime, multiple times. I have an hypothesis that there are fish keepers who get green algae & love to complain about it & people who get horrible white slime - but, you never hear from the white slime people b/c they always give up.

  • @pamgav9149
    @pamgav9149 Месяц назад

    How can you suggest those big plants instead of anubias? Common! They are beautiful but they grow 100 time faster than anubias, they require way more care compared to anubias

  • @aquasapien1214
    @aquasapien1214 Месяц назад

    U forgot hygrophila corymbosa

  • @henrikjust4655
    @henrikjust4655 8 месяцев назад +1

    I hate anubius

  • @MrChancebozey
    @MrChancebozey 8 месяцев назад

    Any plant that can overgrow in your aquarium to begin with is a bad idea. Too many regurgitated bad ideas and suggestions on the internet. Stick to plants that scale to the size of the aquarium.

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад +10

      Only a bad idea if you are too lazy to do regular maintenance. If you keep up with it the potential of very fast growth is the best preventive measure against algae.

    • @thomaxtube
      @thomaxtube 8 месяцев назад +2

      I make sure I always have minimum 20%of the plants, fast growing types, and also add some terrestrial plants with clean roots in the water (pothos).
      All this and lean stocking&feeding levels allows me to have filterless peaceful and pristine 0water changes 0 nitrite waters in my aquariums
      but yes you need to trim those living water purifiers 🌱 about every other week. Floating plant removal once every week.
      Floating one’s are also raw superfood for fish and humans or even mix in your house plant soil (I find pot is also 🪴 the most graceful fish graveyard, and life will go on in those nourished greens, garden is a better if it’s an Oscar that’s passed tho. 😂

    • @orangesqueeze2020
      @orangesqueeze2020 8 месяцев назад +1

      Fish/shrimp/snails would disagree
      You can train plants to grow appropriately to most tanks. Also, fast/easy growing plants are essential to seasoning a newer natural setup and pulling excess nutrients out of the water column.
      And they are cheap and easy to replace in the future once some biodiversity is established. Really just up to one’s personal preference in aesthetics

    • @passion4aqua
      @passion4aqua  8 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed, I would never miss out on fast growers. They only grow that fast if there are the necessary nutrients present anyway, and that’s when you need them! Especially as a beginner, it is a really great way to plant a tank!
      And emersed growth in the aquarium is a whole other superpower itself, worth a dedicated video for sure!