Dude, as a newbie to a planted tank I'm loving your videos. I really appreciate your straight approach, and telling it like it is.. You are diffidently headed in the right direction for a Sponsor, and as for me, I wish you all the luck and hopefully one day you'll wake up, to find more gadgets and gizmos on your front porch than you know what to do with.
If im a car enthusiast, id still watch this guy from the aquarium world coz he's funny. I'd sponsor you when i grew up and have a fish food company. Haha!
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Depends on the plant but for most plants, it makes them grow faster, vibrant and most lush. Like Amazon Swords will grow a little faster but leaves are broader and the over coloration of the plant is bright green.
Star grass needs a mention. No Co2 is needed,it grows well in even lowlights..but of course not a carpet then. With hi light,iron gluconate(Seachem) and if your tank is say 30 gallons and up,you can pinch it down to 2 and a half inches or less. You just need to do that about once a week as its a fast grower on iron. Looks like thick turf..like you could walk on it.
Best aquascape channel right here! Very informative and entertaining. I’m moving to a new place next month and will be starting my first tank, I can’t wait to try to grow a lush carpet
Doing my first dry start. Glosso and I think HC/Dwarf Baby Tears. Not sure, mystery carpeting seeds from Amazon.com. Java Moss is good. Have to admit usually use java moss for ledges and walls but its hell to get going for a carpet unless you use plastic mesh then anchor it down or just use stainless steel mesh since it has enough weigh to stay down, usually. Need to try hair grass again sometime. Seems like it never grows for me. Never tried sty repens but looks good so maybe one day.
I tried to grow java moss as a carpet for 4 months now. It grows so slow. Maybe my tank doesn't have co2 in it? Or is it because java moss is a slow growing plant?
I don't know. What kind of light is it? Does it have a brand? Or is it just compact florescent bulbs, or is t5 bulbs? If so are they high output? What's the height of your tank?
@@mathewgeorge8534 Sunsun ads 900c? Well, you can probably go with anything low demanding for sure. Dwarf Hair Grass or monte carlo. But that's a guess. It should handle that. I don't know anything about the Sunsun ADS 900c and I can't find any measurements on it with par/pur or the spectrum readings on it so I can't tell you for sure.
@@TheWaterBox Not just smile but literally LOL-ed. 😂 Love your channel sir! Love your contents. I'm new to the hobby and your channel helped me a lot in understanding many things about the hobby. Thanks and more power to you!
I'm currently a month and a half in on a 60gal. dry start tank you inspired me to build! Got an S. Repens carpet doing amazing, Anubias Nana, Amazon compacta, and pogostemon octopus. I dirted the tank and scaped with seiryu stone. Everything is growing great with all your videos and tips! I'm adding a wire mesh Xmas moss area and Anubias Nana petite this week. Thanks for all you do man and keep up the hard work! 👍
Hey Adrian! I'm super stoked that these videos helped you in some way. :) It sounds like your tank it doing GREAT and sounds like you're almost there to flood. You going to do it soon or go longer? When I did my iwagumi I waited like an extra 3 weeks because it was interesting to see it grow. Thanks for watching man!
The Water Box I was going to flood in two weeks but I think I'm with you. It's to fun watching it grow to flood and I want to get the moss bed going. Thanks again for all your information!
Well, good luck in whatever you decide. :) If you do let it go longer, be sure you trim the carpet if it's overly grown. You don't want too much of a die off and trigger algae blooms.
well you kept my attention all the way through and I am sooooo relieved....I can't pronounce the name of those plants either! whew! common names might get confusing from time to time but I would rather use them. :D Sponsor, I was hanging on the edge of my chair and then plop....nothin' LOL I am laughing my head off at you. You are funny and creative and so skillful with the camera and the edits and the effects, I am just in love with your work and can't wait until I see the next video or live stream!!! Go and don't stop! #1 fan right here!
lol love the names... however Wanna Be Cilantro is actually Hydrocotyle/pennywort. Seriously, my buddy's a field biologist and told me to taste it. I tried some from my tank, after washing of course, and it really does taste like cilantro!
I've started with monte carlo and following dsm... It's 7days...I can see some new leaf...ive covered the substrate with a half inches of construction sand... Awesome video...
One last unmentioned tip.... Add snails at the start of flooding. Could help with die back and controlling potential algae growth. Nerits. My favorite.
Lol, want to be cilantro! Nice! Good attempt at those Latin names.........it’s all Greek to me! Great video! I really do like the java moss technique of chopping it up and painting it on. I need to try that one!
Can you please create guide for caring Staurogyne Repens. From immersed to Transitioning into submerged to growing it into the tank with fertilizer? much appreciated if you create this guide sir.
Love all your videos and your information comes very handy. It'd be great if you make a video about only red plants and about their care and maintenance, thanks in advance. :)
Great video!!! Informative and entertaining as always. I use dwarf sag and it does the trick for me but I would really like to try something that grows in a little bit thicker and shorter but without co2 I'm hesitant. Thanks for sharing and as always keep doing what you do if it works for you.
I'm starting my dry start method and my plants are Monte Carlo and glosso In few weeks some of my monte Carlo was turning brown or more likely looks burn. Do you have any idea what is the reason? Hoping for your response Thanks
I’m thinking I will go with dwarf hair grass for my carpet. I’ve probably missed it, but how do you add CO2 during the dsm? Thanks again, and thanks for the previous reply! I feel like I just need your email haha
You don't! Our air has plenty of it. That's why the DSM works quite well. Remember to cover your tank but leave about 1" holes in the back corners for oxygen exchange. Join our facebook group! You can reach me and other people for questions. :) facebook.com/groups/thewaterbox/
Yes. Just be aware that the leaves are wider when grown emersed. When switched to underwater growth, it'll die back and regrow narrow leaves. Thanks for watching!
@@TheWaterBox sir, I've been meaning to ask if can Monte Carlo live without co2 injection? But with only good substrate and high light. I've been thinking of using DSM but i am thinking if I'll use MC or Dwarf Hair grass. 🤔
@@joelpatrickbaliton8927 Yes to the first question. It just won't grow as fully. For DSM, you kinda need Co2 to make it work successfully because you need to supplement co2 once you flood the tank or you'll get too much die back and the carpet might not be able to grow back quick enough
@@TheWaterBox but on a long term basis, especially to those carpet who doesn't require much co2, will they grow back, even if it's not immediate? 😊 Thank you for answering sir.
@@joelpatrickbaliton8927 Dwarf Hair Grass or Monte Carlo, there's a chance. I dunno what that chance would be. What I would do in this case is once you flood to trim the carpet down to it's stems (for MC, cut 1/4" in on the dwarf hair grass). That way you won't get too much die back at first. Again, I've never tried it. I wouldn't suggest it. But then I'm never attempted it so I can't really so how will it'll work just for the fact of how DSM works.
I have something small scale like that's doing fair in a non Co2 tank and in sand. I think its dwarf sword..sending out runners despite the low light level where its growing. I should have put it in shallow pot with some earthy substrate and sand over that. My tanks pool sand is pretty sterile even months later after set up. The fact it's alive and reproducing means in a small tank with close lighting above it would be just right. I do mount plants on wood..but ALL my other plants are in pots. I don't want hundreds of pounds of sand or gravel and I also can move plants around that are too slow once the bigger plants shade them. Plus,I know myself..I get tired of a plant where it is sometimes and in pots I can rearange the aquascape. I have 70 pounds of coarse pool sands...it's enough to cover the bottom of a 240 with a token thin layer.
@@TheWaterBox A nice sized Amazon sword in a black ceramic pot looks nice. Once you add the driftwoods and some rock...it's not as artificial as it sounds. Black pots tend to go invisible with anything crossing the view.
Bocapa.. Bocaba what's its name and dwarf hair grass and huh java moss would be cool for a deep tall tanks carpet and I now have an idea for my scape on my 55 gallon cylinder that is 35 inches tall!
I am growing my glosso carpet today and I never new it needed CO2, how would I apply that in the water? Is there something I specially need or do I just add more plants etc.?
I'm glad I did! Laughing helps make plants grow! I think... I heard that somewhere... no wait... I think it's "Tears will make plants grow". Yeh, nevermind. That's a bit depressing. But thanks for watching! :)
I'm still in the researching phase. Got bit by the Aquascaping Bug a month ago. I'm really hoping to build something like this but a bit smaller scale. I like the idea of the river like feel and its like a sump built in at one end. ruclips.net/video/hkBTzIyvk6g/видео.html
Yeh, that's the problem with carbon. :/ I'm not sure if purigen does that. It might. I normal just do it with water changes myself. It take a while but I don't mind that natural look for a little while. Unless it's way out of hand.
I actually have a ridiculously hard time with Monte Carlo!! I have a nice carpet of hermoine but my water is too acidic and absolutely will not grow Monte Carlos 😭
Hemianthus Micranthemoides a.k.a pearl weed is the easiest and fastest carpeting plant in my opinion. Just need good light.
Agreed! I just don't like the way it grows but makes #6 for me. thanks for your insight! :)
Dude, as a newbie to a planted tank I'm loving your videos. I really appreciate your straight approach, and telling it like it is.. You are diffidently headed in the right direction for a Sponsor, and as for me, I wish you all the luck and hopefully one day you'll wake up, to find more gadgets and gizmos on your front porch than you know what to do with.
Thanks Trey and thanks for watching :)
I want you to know that I appreciate all your hard work on your editing.
Thanks Antonio!
I like your sense of humor
If im a car enthusiast, id still watch this guy from the aquarium world coz he's funny. I'd sponsor you when i grew up and have a fish food company. Haha!
Haha well good to hear!
The sponsorship was hilarious 😂
Hehe. ;)
This guy needs way more subscribers. I always learn a little bit more from him than the other channels. Thank you
I appreciate that!
Get video. Love the message from my sponsors. LOL Thanks for sharing. Cheers.
;) Thanks lumpy!
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The Water Box let me ask you do plants that don't require high light or CO2, if given both, grow better??
Love your sponsor , LOL
Depends on the plant but for most plants, it makes them grow faster, vibrant and most lush. Like Amazon Swords will grow a little faster but leaves are broader and the over coloration of the plant is bright green.
They pay me big bucks! 😜
The Water Box sweet man thanks! I guess my plants will be doing awesome then!
Taiwan moss is what you want it grows horizontally, java moss is identical but it grows vertically
This is great thank you for sharing! I haven't tried the dry start method yet.
Hope you do! It's actually worth to try once if not for the learning and experience. :) Lots of ❤ to you! Thanks for commenting
I only subscribe due to the way you pronounced the plant names 😂
Hey can you please do java moss carpet with dry start method and this video is great . You are doing great job man.
I'll try that with a small scape
@@TheWaterBox Did you actually do this?
@@sotnasnivor Not yet
Can i have a monte carlo carpet without co2
Just love your work buddy. Long live the water box.
Haha thanks!
recent discovery of ur channel...love your tutorials and informative videos. Subscribed!
Thanks for watching and subbing!
“Kangaroo salad “ 😂😂 just because it’s from Australia
❤
Star grass needs a mention. No Co2 is needed,it grows well in even lowlights..but of course not a carpet then. With hi light,iron gluconate(Seachem) and if your tank is say 30 gallons and up,you can pinch it down to 2 and a half inches or less. You just need to do that about once a week as its a fast grower on iron. Looks like thick turf..like you could walk on it.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Best aquascape channel right here! Very informative and entertaining. I’m moving to a new place next month and will be starting my first tank, I can’t wait to try to grow a lush carpet
Haha thanks!
Is Elatine triandra a good choice for carpet?
I have a dirt setup with sand cap. No additional CO2 or fertilizers. Only sunlight
I don't know as I have no experience with that plant.
Doing my first dry start. Glosso and I think HC/Dwarf Baby Tears. Not sure, mystery carpeting seeds from Amazon.com. Java Moss is good. Have to admit usually use java moss for ledges and walls but its hell to get going for a carpet unless you use plastic mesh then anchor it down or just use stainless steel mesh since it has enough weigh to stay down, usually. Need to try hair grass again sometime. Seems like it never grows for me. Never tried sty repens but looks good so maybe one day.
Nice! Good luck my friend!
Have you made any videos about nutrients? I can't find any by you dedicated specifically to just nutrients.
Not yet, it's a seven part series in the making and should be out really soon.
I literally clicked off someone else’s video because it wasn’t entertaining enough… but this man is hilarious and really interesting to watch!
Thanks!
Am not an aqua scraper for sure, maybe one day will try this fancy stuff out 😂
You can do it Dee! :)
"Wanna be Cilantro" :P
Love your content man!!
Haha thanks Mark! Glad you found it funny. :) Thanks for watching.
I tried to grow java moss as a carpet for 4 months now. It grows so slow. Maybe my tank doesn't have co2 in it? Or is it because java moss is a slow growing plant?
Moss is a real slow growing plant.
What do you think i need for Utricularia graminifolia?
As in what? Lighting? Co2? Fertilizer?
Love Monte Carlo, Cuba is kicking my ass.
Yeh, Cuba can be hard to grow.
You definitely deserve more subs man. I love your content! Great humor along with lots of info. Keep up the great content man!
Glad you like them!
I am running seachem flourite black and cant get a carpet going
I'm sorry about that. I'd need more information than that.
Thank you for the videos. You are hands down the best (and most entertaining ) source of info about aquatic plants
Why thanks! I hope they help! :)
do you think minced up pearl moss would work the same?
It should
I like the way you pronounce the plants :)
You mean you like how I pronounce them HORRIBILY? lol Thanks for watching!
great stuff man. i have learned a lot from your videos. thanks.
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I'm glad you did. Thanks for watching!
Love the channel man. Kinda new, but I’ve been binging your content
Glad you enjoy it!
Can Monte Carlo handle Red Plant level of light?
All plants uses that red spectrum.
hilarious and educational AF.
Glad to hear it!
carpet steroids is the best carpet plants
they are!
The names are tong twisting XD
Sure is!
I love the nicknames you give each plant 😂
Haha thanks!
I have a 7000 k, 80 w light for 170 liter tank . Please help me with best carpet plant. I have pressurized co2 and good substrace and filter.
I don't know. What kind of light is it? Does it have a brand? Or is it just compact florescent bulbs, or is t5 bulbs? If so are they high output? What's the height of your tank?
@@TheWaterBox I have a sunsun Ads 900 c , Details are 7000 k
80 W. Height of my tank is 1.5 feet
@@mathewgeorge8534 Sunsun ads 900c? Well, you can probably go with anything low demanding for sure. Dwarf Hair Grass or monte carlo. But that's a guess. It should handle that. I don't know anything about the Sunsun ADS 900c and I can't find any measurements on it with par/pur or the spectrum readings on it so I can't tell you for sure.
Thanks for the tips.
You're welcome. :)
baby tears is tooo damn tough
It's easy! Assuming you give it the right environment to grow.
The "sponsor" part! Hillarious! HAHAHAHA!
Glad it made you smile :)
@@TheWaterBox Not just smile but literally LOL-ed. 😂 Love your channel sir! Love your contents. I'm new to the hobby and your channel helped me a lot in understanding many things about the hobby. Thanks and more power to you!
@@RalphCunanan Glad it helps! :)
Why not Hydrocotyle tripartita? You didn't think of it or don't like it? 😜
Didn't think of it when I made this video.
@@TheWaterBox Tripartita absorbs nutrients very well.. so absolutely great plant to use in a new scape
Kangaroo salad. 🤣🤣🤣
Yup!
Great Top 5......and Funny to boot :)
Thanks!
I'm currently a month and a half in on a 60gal. dry start tank you inspired me to build! Got an S. Repens carpet doing amazing, Anubias Nana, Amazon compacta, and pogostemon octopus. I dirted the tank and scaped with seiryu stone. Everything is growing great with all your videos and tips! I'm adding a wire mesh Xmas moss area and Anubias Nana petite this week. Thanks for all you do man and keep up the hard work! 👍
Hey Adrian! I'm super stoked that these videos helped you in some way. :) It sounds like your tank it doing GREAT and sounds like you're almost there to flood. You going to do it soon or go longer? When I did my iwagumi I waited like an extra 3 weeks because it was interesting to see it grow. Thanks for watching man!
The Water Box I was going to flood in two weeks but I think I'm with you. It's to fun watching it grow to flood and I want to get the moss bed going. Thanks again for all your information!
Well, good luck in whatever you decide. :) If you do let it go longer, be sure you trim the carpet if it's overly grown. You don't want too much of a die off and trigger algae blooms.
Trim when you flood I mean.
Kangaroo saled 😂
:)
liked and subbed. Love your sense of humour. My fave carpet plant is
echinodorus tenellus. Peace
Thanks!
the best I think hydrocotyle sp japan because it’s faster adapt, fast growing and the more dense grow leaves become smaller
altair lume nice. Will look into it
well you kept my attention all the way through and I am sooooo relieved....I can't pronounce the name of those plants either! whew! common names might get confusing from time to time but I would rather use them. :D Sponsor, I was hanging on the edge of my chair and then plop....nothin' LOL I am laughing my head off at you. You are funny and creative and so skillful with the camera and the edits and the effects, I am just in love with your work and can't wait until I see the next video or live stream!!! Go and don't stop! #1 fan right here!
AWE! I got a #1 fan! Haha, you are silly Susan but much ❤ for sure!
How long does it take to see plants in a dry start methods
You see plants right away? Unless you mean actual growth. Then around 2 weeks.
@@TheWaterBox wow Thanks for replying
@@shraddhachoudhury2078 yw!
lol love the names... however Wanna Be Cilantro is actually Hydrocotyle/pennywort. Seriously, my buddy's a field biologist and told me to taste it. I tried some from my tank, after washing of course, and it really does taste like cilantro!
😄
😂 do more pronunciations of scientific names and plants for mid and foreground please.
LOL Those are planted and coming soon :)
I've started with monte carlo and following dsm... It's 7days...I can see some new leaf...ive covered the substrate with a half inches of construction sand... Awesome video...
Thanks! I'm glad it's working for ya!
Awesome video guy! Quick question: Where the heck do you buy the seeds for these carpet type plants? Thank you.
Check amazon or ebay but you HAVE to be careful. It's never as it's advertised.
Java moss was pain to get rid off.. It overtook my hair grass and hc
Weeds I tell ya!
Wt type of carpet plant can be grown in dirted tank....I have normal red coloured gravel of 1cm and I have organic soil in bottom..plz suggest me
Any!
One last unmentioned tip.... Add snails at the start of flooding. Could help with die back and controlling potential algae growth. Nerits. My favorite.
Good tip
Lol, want to be cilantro! Nice! Good attempt at those Latin names.........it’s all Greek to me! Great video! I really do like the java moss technique of chopping it up and painting it on. I need to try that one!
I can sorta pronounce them better (not much better) but I was trying to be a dork. lol
Can you please create guide for caring Staurogyne Repens. From immersed to Transitioning into submerged to growing it into the tank with fertilizer? much appreciated if you create this guide sir.
Some time in the future I'll do plant profiles. I'll put it on the list.
Hilarious, and educational. I laughed at your common names, kangaroo lettuce, hermonie, doc brown. It's easy to remember
Haha, I was wondering if anyone noticed.
I like the way you explain things. I’m subscribing!
Awesome, thank you!
Love all your videos and your information comes very handy. It'd be great if you make a video about only red plants and about their care and maintenance, thanks in advance. :)
That's on the list! Thanks for watching!
Great video!!! Informative and entertaining as always. I use dwarf sag and it does the trick for me but I would really like to try something that grows in a little bit thicker and shorter but without co2 I'm hesitant. Thanks for sharing and as always keep doing what you do if it works for you.
Try Dwarf Hair Grass. See how that does with no Co2. :)
I'm starting my dry start method and my plants are Monte Carlo and glosso
In few weeks some of my monte Carlo was turning brown or more likely looks burn. Do you have any idea what is the reason?
Hoping for your response
Thanks
How Long ago did you start it? When you bought the Monte and gloss was it grown in or out of water? What's your set up?
I’m thinking I will go with dwarf hair grass for my carpet. I’ve probably missed it, but how do you add CO2 during the dsm? Thanks again, and thanks for the previous reply! I feel like I just need your email haha
You don't! Our air has plenty of it. That's why the DSM works quite well. Remember to cover your tank but leave about 1" holes in the back corners for oxygen exchange. Join our facebook group! You can reach me and other people for questions. :) facebook.com/groups/thewaterbox/
Can we grow dwarf sag using dry start method
Yes. Just be aware that the leaves are wider when grown emersed. When switched to underwater growth, it'll die back and regrow narrow leaves. Thanks for watching!
Now this is quality content, direct to the point 👍, i subbed
Thanks!
Low tech: in my tank
Dwarf four leaf clover
Dwarf sag
Dwarf hairgrass
Java moss
And...mosses lol
Haha. Love your style bro. Keep it up
You just named my tank i have some s repens and DBT but they have no co2
Mosses. It's all about the Mosses! That sounds liek the perfect low tech tank!
Excellent! Hows the DBT doing in your tank?
Have you had luck growing carpeting plants on a aquarium using aquarium salt ?
Like... full on salt tank? As in marine tank??
@@TheWaterBox no,not a marine tank. I dose my 40 gallon fresh water aquarium with aquarium-salt every time i do a 25 to 30% water change.
I’m crackin up over here! I love aquarium related humor.
Glad to make you laugh Ken! :) I'm never sure if anyone gets my corny ass humor! lol Thanks for watching!
Nice video :)
Thanks Casca! You reef is insane BTW! Gorgeous!
I KNOW I AM LATE BUT I AM LOVING YOUR CHANNEL ❤️💕
Thanks!
@@TheWaterBox sir, I've been meaning to ask if can Monte Carlo live without co2 injection? But with only good substrate and high light. I've been thinking of using DSM but i am thinking if I'll use MC or Dwarf Hair grass. 🤔
@@joelpatrickbaliton8927 Yes to the first question. It just won't grow as fully. For DSM, you kinda need Co2 to make it work successfully because you need to supplement co2 once you flood the tank or you'll get too much die back and the carpet might not be able to grow back quick enough
@@TheWaterBox but on a long term basis, especially to those carpet who doesn't require much co2, will they grow back, even if it's not immediate? 😊 Thank you for answering sir.
@@joelpatrickbaliton8927 Dwarf Hair Grass or Monte Carlo, there's a chance. I dunno what that chance would be. What I would do in this case is once you flood to trim the carpet down to it's stems (for MC, cut 1/4" in on the dwarf hair grass). That way you won't get too much die back at first. Again, I've never tried it. I wouldn't suggest it. But then I'm never attempted it so I can't really so how will it'll work just for the fact of how DSM works.
Another quality vid, thank you!
Tanks man!
Great list
Thanks!
I have something small scale like that's doing fair in a non Co2 tank and in sand. I think its dwarf sword..sending out runners despite the low light level where its growing. I should have put it in shallow pot with some earthy substrate and sand over that. My tanks pool sand is pretty sterile even months later after set up.
The fact it's alive and reproducing means in a small tank with close lighting above it would be just right.
I do mount plants on wood..but ALL my other plants are in pots. I don't want hundreds of pounds of sand or gravel and I also can move plants around that are too slow once the bigger plants shade them. Plus,I know myself..I get tired of a plant where it is sometimes and in pots I can rearange the aquascape.
I have 70 pounds of coarse pool sands...it's enough to cover the bottom of a 240 with a token thin layer.
Nice!
@@TheWaterBox A nice sized Amazon sword in a black ceramic pot looks nice. Once you add the driftwoods and some rock...it's not as artificial as it sounds. Black pots tend to go invisible with anything crossing the view.
Oh I'm sure! :)
Bocapa.. Bocaba what's its name and dwarf hair grass and huh java moss would be cool for a deep tall tanks carpet and I now have an idea for my scape on my 55 gallon cylinder that is 35 inches tall!
NICE! I'm the juices are flowing! :)
The Water Box Mmhmm thanks to everyone I will post it up to you once its fully seasoned and going
Great! :)
I’m early for once. Love this video!
YAY! Early bird thanks to you then! :) Thanks for watching!
I am growing my glosso carpet today and I never new it needed CO2, how would I apply that in the water? Is there something I specially need or do I just add more plants etc.?
Check out my Co2 series: ruclips.net/p/PLl7jTu1aWwVbYYdLkO80_fBQkADKW_doW
The Water Box Thank you!
You're welcome! :)
Just subbed, love your vids 🙂
You are an awesome person you! :) Thanks for watching! Glad to have you on board!
You never fail to make me laugh
I'm glad I did! Laughing helps make plants grow! I think... I heard that somewhere... no wait... I think it's "Tears will make plants grow". Yeh, nevermind. That's a bit depressing. But thanks for watching! :)
You forgot UG Ultricularia Graminifolia my ninja! Awesome carpeting plant. 👌
No I didn't. It just didn't make my top 5 list. :)
An I haven't actually used UG before personally.
I'm trying the dry start method with it myself. First time trying DSM. The waiting game is killing me lol
The tip I have to try and not get killed by the waiting is just enjoy the growth. :)
Can you clear one of my doubts ???
I actually wanted to know whether the dry start method also works with normal potting soil or not .
Yes, it should work fine. I will be doing soil with my next iwagumi tank. I will be DSMing it with soil.
Make sure you cap it with sand or some other form of substrate.
Thanks a lot for the reply ☺️☺️☺️
Never a problem my friend!
hem ee an thuss cali trick oy dees
Bless you! ;)
Thanks 💝
You're welcome!
Hey buddy have you ever started with seeds?
Not yet but I'm interested in trying sometime down the line for sure! :) Have you?
I'm still in the researching phase. Got bit by the Aquascaping Bug a month ago. I'm really hoping to build something like this but a bit smaller scale. I like the idea of the river like feel and its like a sump built in at one end.
ruclips.net/video/hkBTzIyvk6g/видео.html
OMG! I fucking want that tank! I think I'm gonna go build one! lol
Hey how to get rid of tannins in dirted tank ? No driftwood... Please help
It'll go away after a while with water changes but you can also use lots of carbon. OR try Purigen. That's suppose to help remove it: amzn.to/2HHNejT
Bt carbon can remove the nutrients i guess as m dosing liquid fertz
More over thanks for the comment 😊
Yeh, that's the problem with carbon. :/ I'm not sure if purigen does that. It might. I normal just do it with water changes myself. It take a while but I don't mind that natural look for a little while. Unless it's way out of hand.
Hey, Any time Ayan!
Super helpful vid!
Glad it can help!
Thanks
Welcome!
Lol.... Sponcers...
Yup!
I actually have a ridiculously hard time with Monte Carlo!! I have a nice carpet of hermoine but my water is too acidic and absolutely will not grow Monte Carlos 😭
Well that sucks! How Acidic is acidic Alpha?
Like if you want to get rid of your enemies with no trace, put it in my planted aquarium. Nah jk it’s about 6.5- 6.8
OOO, I wish I can get it that low! :( But that's perfect for Monte Carlo. It can't be PH that's your problem. What's your GH and KH? Do you know?
I think it’s pretty low, even though I use a gh booster with my ro water along with equilibrium, kh is even lower
Where are you at again?
Mine grew white fungi, is that ok?
It happens. It'll either go away or you can kill it by trying to spray some hydrogen peroxide in it.