great video Blake, Keepitassimple as possible :). i struggle with lack of Potassium, i get alot of pin pricks. i have found root tabs do the trick, not really fertiliser in the water column. i know that my lights are also not the best, but they do just enough. great video!!
Appreciate the video trying to simplify such a complicated hobby! Your triangle diagram is really clever. You mentioned air stones left on at night might be reducing C02 levels.. thats intriguing, will look into it.
7:03 Do you have a video on how to set up this draining system that you have? How does it work? Interested in doing something similar to my set up. Thanks
Pinholes can be confusing though because sometimes it's plecos chewing to aggressively on plants. So you should probably know how to spot the difference between nutrient causes holes and chewing😊
My bristlenose trio eat my aponogeton. It was huge and beautiful, but now there’s only a few tiny leaves hanging in there at any given time. They basically eat it as fast as it can grow. Not sure why, but they absolutely love that plant specifically.
@@streettrash4220 I moved all my plecos to one tank. I was soo sick of them eating plants that I was trying to grow out. At first I couldn't figure it out. I tried using flourish which caused huge hair algae /and filamentous algae. I finally figured out it was plecos the whole time.
This is what I'm going with for my first planted aquarium as well. They are water column feeders so they don't need any soil. Other water column feeders that aren't rhizomatous are nice options too; any of the hygrophila family and bacopa are nice if you want to actually plant some plants and not just attach them to decor. Then of course there is floating plants too.
I have several different varieties of freshwater fish in my 75-gallon tank but they keep eating all of the plant life. Do you have any suggestions for me?
It never makes sense to me. I've got tanks with aquasoil and sand so the roots can get right through and they grow shockingly. I've got a tank with just a thin layer of very fine gravel and the tank has been taken over by the plants. No Co2 at all.
@BlakesAquatics Dymax lights. Plants are Anubias, Crypts, Java Ferns, Monte Carlo, thin vals (dying), Mayaca, Elodea, Amazon Sword, something thin, red & green I can't remember name of. That's gone crazy. Currently housing a heap of guppy fry.
Hey,With underwater wisteria and water sprite would you recommend using root tabs or liquid fertiliser(seachem flourish) or both. I already added in 3 root tabs to my 145litre aquarium into the 4 terrocotta pots in my tank (I cut up the root tabs).Would it be safe (as in low algae risk) to add liquid fertiliser twice a week? The tank has run for like 6months but the plants were added 4hrs ago Thankyou!!!!
Those plants are definitely going to be water column feeders, in fact they can be floated anyways. I would recommend a liquid fert but definitely something with a bit more oomph than flourish
Hey mate Love the Betta sorority tank. Could you please do a video showing the size of the tank, the plants and amount, what Betta's you have (I gather all females or is there one lucky male), type of Bettas (are they all the same, and if so, type. Love the blue BTW), how you introduced the fish (did you buy them all at once or in batches etc). I though a video would be better (or even Betta 😂) than answering questions in the comments. Cheers
@@BlakesAquatics ok. Thanks. Looks great though. What type of Bettas are they? I've got a male and female Betta but in separate tanks and often thought of breeding them but wasn't sure how long fry can be kept together.
@@madmax1412 fry can be kept together a super long time, in most cases forever as lomg as you dont change anything Parents were marbled hmpk but also be mindful bettas only breed from between 8 months or so up to maybe 2 years
MMMMM chicken.I have a heap of plecos in my tank and they give the anubias a hard time,but i dont care the anubias shoots new leaves all the time.Oh and i inject Co2 and fertilize.
This is by far the best planted tank tutorial i have ever seen. Thank you Blake!!!!!
Excellent
Thank you! Cheers!
Mate, you need so much moreviews. You are very knowlegable and able to simplify things. I lol'ed at trillian kelvins and billions of watts
Great explanations! Thanks for sharing
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks, Blake. Good advice 😊
You're so welcome!
Always a awesome day when vlake uploads
Glad you enjoy it!
Love your videos. Very in-depth and easy to understand! Keep it up :)
Thanks 😄
Great video mate. Easy to follow
Absolute BBBBanger, great info✌️♥️
Thanks mate ✌️✌️
That was a good video explaining the triangle method of plant requirements. Great video overall 👍
Are they the skull creek rainbows at 8:35? they've gotta be my favourite
Sure are 😄
Nice video Blake. Thanks for the advice!
great video Blake, Keepitassimple as possible :). i struggle with lack of Potassium, i get alot of pin pricks. i have found root tabs do the trick, not really fertiliser in the water column.
i know that my lights are also not the best, but they do just enough.
great video!!
Good awareness, thanks for watching
Appreciate the video trying to simplify such a complicated hobby! Your triangle diagram is really clever.
You mentioned air stones left on at night might be reducing C02 levels.. thats intriguing, will look into it.
Thanks mate best of luck with it
Blake what sort of organic potting mix should I pick from Bunnings your potting mix from walsted method isn’t there
7:03 Do you have a video on how to set up this draining system that you have? How does it work? Interested in doing something similar to my set up. Thanks
Not yet but I will do soon
@@BlakesAquatics Thanks I look forward to it
What are those blue fish in the tank with all the terracotta pots?
Great video. What is rhe wattage on the flood light?
Big one is 40w but i prefer the 20 and 30w ones
Good content. 💯 FYI: Your hand in the shot is wreaking havoc with your autofocus.
Thanks
Pinholes can be confusing though because sometimes it's plecos chewing to aggressively on plants. So you should probably know how to spot the difference between nutrient causes holes and chewing😊
Oh 100% loaches, plecos, even plenty of barbs and things love to be pests like that
My bristlenose trio eat my aponogeton. It was huge and beautiful, but now there’s only a few tiny leaves hanging in there at any given time. They basically eat it as fast as it can grow. Not sure why, but they absolutely love that plant specifically.
@@streettrash4220 I moved all my plecos to one tank. I was soo sick of them eating plants that I was trying to grow out. At first I couldn't figure it out. I tried using flourish which caused huge hair algae /and filamentous algae. I finally figured out it was plecos the whole time.
We always go for the Java ferns, Java moss and anubias
This is what I'm going with for my first planted aquarium as well. They are water column feeders so they don't need any soil.
Other water column feeders that aren't rhizomatous are nice options too; any of the hygrophila family and bacopa are nice if you want to actually plant some plants and not just attach them to decor. Then of course there is floating plants too.
Hey blake how many hours of light for water wisteria and water sprite.I'm doing 8hrs a i
Day is that okay?
Ignore the "i" thanks ❤
Hey mate it will depend on the intensity of the light but typically 8 to 10 hrs is the goal 👍
Alright thanks...should i start on low light intensity first?
I have several different varieties of freshwater fish in my 75-gallon tank but they keep eating all of the plant life. Do you have any suggestions for me?
It never makes sense to me. I've got tanks with aquasoil and sand so the roots can get right through and they grow shockingly. I've got a tank with just a thin layer of very fine gravel and the tank has been taken over by the plants. No Co2 at all.
What light are you running? Any liquid ferts?
Also what plants
@BlakesAquatics Dymax lights. Plants are Anubias, Crypts, Java Ferns, Monte Carlo, thin vals (dying), Mayaca, Elodea, Amazon Sword, something thin, red & green I can't remember name of. That's gone crazy. Currently housing a heap of guppy fry.
Hey,With underwater wisteria and water sprite would you recommend using root tabs or liquid fertiliser(seachem flourish) or both.
I already added in 3 root tabs to my 145litre aquarium into the 4 terrocotta pots in my tank (I cut up the root tabs).Would it be safe (as in low algae risk) to add liquid fertiliser twice a week?
The tank has run for like 6months but the plants were added 4hrs ago
Thankyou!!!!
Those plants are definitely going to be water column feeders, in fact they can be floated anyways.
I would recommend a liquid fert but definitely something with a bit more oomph than flourish
@@BlakesAquatics what would u recommend
@@BlakesAquatics will the root tabs cause algae issues?
Hey mate
Love the Betta sorority tank.
Could you please do a video showing the size of the tank, the plants and amount, what Betta's you have (I gather all females or is there one lucky male), type of Bettas (are they all the same, and if so, type. Love the blue BTW), how you introduced the fish (did you buy them all at once or in batches etc).
I though a video would be better (or even Betta 😂) than answering questions in the comments.
Cheers
Hey mate its not a sorority its a spawn that im growing out. Its a 4ft x 18 in x 18in tank (120cm x 45cm x 45cm.
All born in one batch so no buying
@@BlakesAquatics ok. Thanks. Looks great though. What type of Bettas are they?
I've got a male and female Betta but in separate tanks and often thought of breeding them but wasn't sure how long fry can be kept together.
@@madmax1412 fry can be kept together a super long time, in most cases forever as lomg as you dont change anything
Parents were marbled hmpk but also be mindful bettas only breed from between 8 months or so up to maybe 2 years
@@BlakesAquatics Thanks for taking the time to reply. Appreciate it
MMMMM chicken.I have a heap of plecos in my tank and they give the anubias a hard time,but i dont care the anubias shoots new leaves all the time.Oh and i inject Co2 and fertilize.