Are Aquarium Plant Seeds a Scam? - Aquarium Carpet Plant Seeds Test
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Hi all,
A while ago I was given some packets of aquarium carpet plant seeds, and there is a lot of confusion around what these are.
These seeds are often marketed as Glossostigma, Monte Carlo and HC, some great aquarium carpetting plants.
These seeds are often sold in larger quantities for $1 or less, much cheaper than buying tissue culture or potted plants, however unfortunately rarely they are the plants they are sold to be.
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A wise person would germinate a small amount of the seed in a separate container before committing to planting the aquarium 👍
Yeah it was just for demonstration 😉
Steven, shut your trap and make a video of you own. A wise man always sitting on the coach giving comments....
Exactly what i am doing
@@BlakesAquatics Wouldn't it be easier to grow it out in a cup until it sprouts, portion it out and than plant into the aquarium? Instead of just dumping half the bag of seeds into the fish tank.
@@AsianAmericanGuy My plan, just start in a plastic egg box.
Well my aliexpress and ebay seeds are growing pretty fast. I have grass, cuba and the other one seems to be montecarlo. But the one that's really blowing up my ming is the hair grass. I'd upload a pic if I could. Dry start btw.
That's great! you might be one of the lucky ones, hope they do turn out to be the correct species.
How is the hair grass doing?? I bought dwarf hair grass seeds from Amazon and it’s day 4 and it’s already starting to shoot up! (Dry start method)
@@deztinywillis6021 Same with me.. 6 days now.. not yet put water
Is the hairgrass still alive? I’m thinking of starting one
@@interstatesign it was for about a month but then I had to remove it and change all the setup. But yeah. For a couple of bucks you could try it. Just make sure it's the hair grass seeds. The other ones turned out no to be Monte Carlo. Still thriving tho.
I was truly investigating this option. Decided to go the route of buying cultures and established plants and propagating in a couple small tubs. Truth is… I didn’t have six months of dedicated time or space for even that. It worked. But not worth my time in the end.
Great stuff Blake appreciate the time an effort you have put towards knowing the truth behind online seeds.
Keep up the awesome work cheer's
a scam at first it look sexy but after putting water they died after 2 week
Considering many aquarium plants actually prefer to grow above water, I tell you what I would do if I wanted to grow HC for seeds; 1. Dry start and keep them in what is effectively a terrarium, 2. Put in natural part sun outside, or in a greenhouse, or use a high intensity red light if only using artificial light (plants grown under artificial light need red light to flower, or at least to flower prolifically even if it's a shade plant, such as impatiens).
Did exactly that, in a greenhouse, in a moist container, since its summer where i am, i have had lots of success, challenge is going to be now what will happen to them once i submerge them, hope they dont all die since they have been grown out in regular potting soil
I hope my Amazon’s choice seeds grown, I don’t care what kind it is, as long as I have grass 😭
did they?
This is me rn... but they're growing for me I just hope it doesn't end well.. I like the look as of now and even if it got a bit more bushy 🤷♂️ I'm someone who just learns hands on
@@skynett9 did they grow well
Did this, and it grew a beautiful carpet and then melted and died. That was a few years ago when I’d just gotten into planting
I've had success with these seeds I sprinkled the seeds in my substrate and watered them initially with a spray bottle containing seachem fertilizer and water once a week and use water daily to keep soil moist. I made sure to cover the tank with plastic clear film to create a very humid environment. I used a standard l.e.d aquarium light. It grew very very well I would suggest making sure the seeds are in areas with enough light the areas getting more light than others will grow taller n spoil the look ther must be uniform light.
wait till you full the tank up LMFAO
@@ornn6177 the dont fill the tank smart ass
Love this! Gonna spread it everywhere, too many people get tricked by the seed scam.
Thanks so much 🙏
Youve confirmed my suspicions, but i do feel the need to add that the dry start might only give a false sense of security, if for instance you do that with HC Cuba and go for a low tech tank there's a good chance it'll slowly die after you've added water as it needs a good amout of co2 and good lighting. Basically what I'm saying is research your chosen plants to make sure you can meet their needs before you hand over the cash, I've consistently ruined my tank because I cleverly decided I could find a solution, when actually it turns out I'm just not experienced or knowledgeable enough to fool mother nature that well!
i ordered the seeds coz of this video and yeah it really works ...
Glad I watched this . But unfortunately I already bought the seeds . But fortunately I watch this video before wasting time on growing from seeds . 😊
Sorry to hear that
Dang I just put some in my 125 350 dollars in soil about to go and try to pick them out 😢
Thanks for talking about this topic! I feel so silly for wasting so much time trying to grow “dwarf baby tears” I got good photos but they ended up being useless hygrilla and exhausted all the nutrients in my substrate.
Yeah unfortunately happens too often
My seeds just arrived, so thankful I saw this prior to putting them in my aquarium!!! Thank You!!
Is it weird that I actually liked how it turned out? Lol
Before watching only hope would me growing in damp soil n green house like a dry start method . But much easier to do cuttings . Now let’s watch. Now watching total waste time unless after few weeds at best. Ps got some Platys today 😀
Awesome! Which colour? Or a mixture?
@@BlakesAquatics mixture red orange yellow a neon tetra colour n like I koi type colour
@@cheveburkinshaw860 awesome. Interesting to see what happens over time. I started with a mix and black was very dominant, after a few generations they all have a lot of black scales
@@BlakesAquatics I’ll let u no what happens
Thank you for doing this video, I have had so many people ask me about these seed!!
awesome vid as always, been curious about those seeds for a while, luckily never enough to actually bother trying them haha.
unrelated but im thinking ill get some aquasoil for my nano tank. i assume im gonna have to completely empty it first. I was happy enough with the sand but then i made the mistake??? of going to nature aquariums and seeing their scapes. going to look into liquid ferts too, since i have bolbitus in my 3ft thats all but disappeared, and the crested java fern is well on its way out too. the light is only the petworx multi spectrum but its only a few months old so dont wanna replace it just yet. Do you have a favourite fertiliser? ive heard very mixed opinions re seachem. am thinking about getting an lca all in one :^)
My go to is lca or pisces enrich, i use them interchangably
@@BlakesAquatics thanks mate, will try enrich first I reckon since it’s cheaper haha
Just got grass seeds? My idea was to grow in some soil in plastic egg box as a greenhouse.
I see what happens....
Good luck
Hubby bought these $1 carpet seeds. He poured some into the 30 gal aquarium, thinking they would sink and magically grow. Nope. We were very brand new at having actual live growing things, as opposed to the neon plastics plants we’d had for years. Those seeds have a gel coating and they swirled and floated and eventually got sucked into the pump. I tried several ways to get them to grow and wound up putting substrate into a glass baking dish, sprinkling seeds , covering with plastic wrap and putting a light on them for well over 12 hrs a day. Eventually, they sprouted and grew enough that I could move them to our aquarium. They are not carpet plants. Some of the plants are 14-18 inches tall, some are only 2 inches tall. The ones that get the most light get the most height. I am not knowledgable in the name, but I know they aren’t carpet plants. I, too, spent about 6 months trying to figure out how to get them to grow. I have since bought many other plants for my little 30 gal tank, but I haven’t removed the $1 “carpet plants”. I put a ton of work into getting them to grow, and they are still in there. I kinda like them, like the mange covered 3-legged dog that shows up at your door uninvited, you just learn to love them.
@@bones1026 if you trim the head leaves don't grow back for these.
Are they still alive?
That was a seedy video
Yeah na loved it bro lol
Solid lol
this video needs to be boosted, this is important information! thank you for testing this :)
Glad it was helpful!
Glad that questions now been answered.. 👍I did wonder..
Yeah i think weve all been there haha
Went through the same thing. Lesson learnt the hard way lol.
Looked perfect for 3months then all melted.
I came here as i bought these grass carpet seeds and i was trying to figure out how to seed them in a aquarium might not bother wasting my time they just look like normal grass seeds
Yeah sorry mate
@@BlakesAquatics its all good mate should probably youtube somthing before buying it next time ;p
Thank you. Sometimes you can't say why you don't trust the hype. Thanks.
So basically even if you do get a carpet of imitation seeds; they’re bound to melt?😨 That sounds like a waste of time & energy. Are any of these imitation plants harmful to other aquatic life (including inverts)?
Not really but there can be a lot of nutrients created when the plants inevitably melt so plenty of nitrates and algae. 🙅♂️
Nice one, great topic, I've never thought about getting seeds but now I won't look into it, cheers
Can u give me name of high quality long grass for guppies n if its available on ebay
Hairgrass? Hornwort?
Thank you, I first saw the seed's on Amazon and thought if it sound's to good to be true.
Glad it was helpful!
is a monte carlo in the seed category as well?
so.. is it a scam? where did they came from, sry but i cant rly understand ur voice so tiny cute but their like saying one thing..
Yes its a scam. From ebay
@@BlakesAquatics :/
I got some seeds on Amazon. Foolishly, I planted them despite the tank already being set up. The seeds clump up and I tried just putting it under the gravel, but over the next couple months they started just coming out and floating to the top
Sorry to hear mate. Live and learn i guess
@@BlakesAquatics It's all good, just thought I'd share in case someone was considering anything similar
Have bought 2 packet but both of that packet wasn't working, no matter how good soil is, it wasn't grow up! And the seed itself became sticky when im water it, its like gum when it touches water🤦🏿♂️
So if you don't care what you are growing (my tadpole tank is a 3-5 month tank) you can sprinkle these in and forget about them?
Sure i guess
Very nice 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️
Excellent video blake. Very helpful video👍👍
THANK YOU 💕
You're welcome 😊
They work perfectly.
Did you use any fertilizer
Very useful information 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Very helpful video mate! Thanks 😊
Just ordered two bags not knowing … o well wasted 9 bucks
Thanks Blake very interesting as a beginner I once considered getting them lol
Cheers glad you enjoyed 👍
So Nice 💘💘💘💘💘💘
😭😭I bought some seed and i plant them and it started to grow but now it has mold any tips? 😭
Start the tank again 😭
Alot of great points here
Thanks 🙏
So the billions of seeds sold in stores are what?
You do realize that all plants start as a seed right? And you do realize that plant seeds are a big business right?
You're thinking as a small single type grower, the company that is in the seed business is a lot different.
Just because you didn't get the seeds you thought you were getting doesn't mean they are all a scam.
There are people who sell fake watches but not all watches are fake.
Can you explain the huge bags of grass seeds they sell in stores all over the world?
The title literally says aquarium plant seeds and as i mentioned a lot of the "seeds" sold are of plants that actually dont flower or produce seeds. You clearly didnt watch or even properly read the title
I got 2 separate bags of what were supposed to be assorted aquarium plant seeds from two separate companies (Chinese, if that gives you any indication of what I'm about to say...), and they both turned out to be identical bags of some sort of small terrestrial grass, and nothing else. They seed readily under water, but they die after a while. I actually still have some of them growing above water in a peat substrate in a paludarium, and they actually do quite well there, but yeaaaah... Be leery of cheap seeds.
Mine seed were glossostigma its doing good
I bought some "HC cuba" seeds on Amazon, it was $10 for 2 seed packs. The reviews had 4 stars, a decent amount of people failing at growing but a good majority claiming success. I have not been able to to make my seeds germinate on 3 attempts as of right now.
I tried to grow them in cups outside, no success. I tried doing them using Eco Complete planted gravel, I tried sand and Seachem flourite. My final method wipl be with Fluval stratum if that fails I will assume I bought snake oil.
Be warned about fake reviews. People buy reviews left by bot accounts to leave 5 stars, then that has probably been downgraded to a 4 by all the real people leaving 1 star reviews
@@BlakesAquatics Yeah that is likely going to be the case here unfortunately. Although I have my fingers crossed that I can at least get something out of it even if I do use up all my seeds. An optimisstic me wants to blame the current cold weather.
Its unheard of to see staple brand companies like a Marineland or Eheim or any other well known companies gear have reviews in the thousands yet some aquarium seeds did and I fell for it.
When you think about it most people dont write +4 star reviews, usually reviews are written to express fustration, and as a cautionary warning to other buyers to not make the same mistake, most of the time if you bought an item that you were content with then you for the most part you continue on with your day, no need to brag or complain about anything.
Good vid
Cheers 👍
Am looking for long grass like najas seed can u suggest where to buy them on ebay
In the video i dont recomment any seeds?
How about chia sead ?
Thank you Blake, I have been watching some vids showing this seeding and quick carpeting and like you was very sceptical. I have only recently tried aquascaping. I have a little cube tank for a Betta, that I carpeted via dry start method with dwarf hair grass, I'm very happy with the result thus far and have already had to trim it back twice.I realise you have to have patience as the dwarf hair grass took around six weeks before it was ready to add water and four weeks later it is still cycling, so more waiting, but it's worth being patient.😊
I have successfully sowed lobelia cardinalis, or cardinal plant, from seed. In the wild, this plant is not fully aquatic. It grows on land near lakes marshes and rivers. However it’s very tolerant of wet soil which is how it found it’s way into the aquarium hobby.
The ideal way to germinate this plant would be to sow in normal potting soil, let the seedlings grow for ~5 months on very wet soil, before you can acclimate them to gravel and eventually keep them in your aquarium.