*Part 4, Cycling your planted aquarium.* kzread.info/dash/bejne/mamIk6mEeprQedI.html

@3drhodes

6 жыл бұрын

Aquarium Co-Op I have hard water and I mixed play sand, eco complete and fluorite. It’s just a simple 30 gallon. I dose liquid co2 and flourish. My plants are growing slow but they are growing. I have a 5 watt led light with a 5 watt fluorescent that I use for two hrs after the sun sets and the tank is behind a window. So the daytime it’s 5 watt led plus sunlight at night it’s 5 watt led plus 5 watt fluorescent for two hrs. I have a video on my channel just asking for some criticism. Thanks.

@Will40th

4 жыл бұрын

Could you update this video, I think hobby has more stuff out now

@justinian_the_worst

2 жыл бұрын

My man literally said cation like "Caysion". It's Cat-ion as in Cation excha ge capacity- soil scientist

@Shadowbow1000

Жыл бұрын

Hi @Aquarium Co-Op, should I be vacuuming my inert gravel in my planted 20g medium light tank? You spoke of the nutrients slowly seeping in to the gravel over time in this video. Thank you for your time!

-_- I'm just frying my brain (and eyes) at this point doing all this research. Every time I come to a conclusion, something changes my mind. Having such a tight budget doesn't help either. I just don't know anymore!

@lilylol8601

5 жыл бұрын

CheshireKat same!😭

@ZikryAWafi

4 жыл бұрын

same for me atm

@brooke3140

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. I bought ecocomplete and in about to cancel my order. What did you settle with?

@cloudstrife8596

4 жыл бұрын

I think you should just start with not rooted plants as beginners plants so you just use liquid based nutrients

@vamsikrishna.c6277

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my, to who that has watched this comment Dirted tank for easy plants and good quality ada type soil for lomg term aquascaping tank.... Correct if you have an opinion

Not that I am any kind of expert, but I think this is the best information on substrates I have ever heard/read. I'm going to check out the other plant 101 videos I skipped over.

I am learning so much from you. I loved the gardening analogy. You're right, as a gardening hobbyist, I would never plant anything in just one type of soil. But it never occured to me to do the same with aquarium plants.

@AquariumCoop

7 жыл бұрын

I'm glad, I figure if I put it in enough analogies eventually it'll reach everyone :)

I feel like I just took a class ...u provided so much information . Thank you

And I came here expecting simple sand vs gravel

@hanafi9915

6 жыл бұрын

dmcepeda my kind ... Haha

subbed - learned more in this video about substrates than my entire 2 months of prep for my first planted tank..im HOOKED

@voluntaryismistheanswer

3 жыл бұрын

Cory is the man.

Perfect;y put as always. I had failed miserably in the past on the substrate. Your statement on "everything is centered around water" is certainly an important message for many hobbyist's as well.

Great discussion Cory. Having some sort of substrate is 80% of growing plants, and you are so right about learning your local water first, and then amending to suit. Big Thumbs Up!

You make the best aquarium videos hands down. Very in depth and comprehensive

I have been trying to find information on this topic for days now and this has been the most thorough, informative, and comprehensive video I have come across. Thank you for the time and energy you put into your videos.

You are one of my favorite aquarium youtubers... you have such a friendly tone... Thanks for sharing!

Thank you! I am setting up my first planted tank and I had questions about which substrate to use. My plants will be a mix, so I was glad this video confirmed my plan to use a mixture of substrates to benefit both types of plants at once. You're other videos have also been helpful. I feel very confident now that I am going to have a successful planted tank.

@yulmarodriguez4

4 жыл бұрын

Maggie Brayton what mix did you use?

Your videos are by far the best at explaining things clearly and properly. Thanks for being such a great teacher.

I'm cheap, regular old walmart gravel and let the fish poop feed plants. I love that you tie it all back to gardening, it's my other passion besides planted tanks! BTW Dustin was just jealous of your dedication to this hobby. He used to be ALMOST as good.

@AquariumCoop

7 жыл бұрын

Yep you can definitely build a low tech tank around fish poop ;)

@TallThingy

5 жыл бұрын

Devin Loewer gross

@lepidlover0557

5 жыл бұрын

@@TallThingy well, that's nature for ya!!! Lol

@TallThingy

5 жыл бұрын

ILTD5580 lol

@-8_8-

4 жыл бұрын

@@TallThingy it's the one tangible free thing we get in this hobby.

Gatoraid, it's what plants crave.

@AquariumCoop

6 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Aquarium Co-Op. I love you.

@hammylions2569

5 жыл бұрын

It's got electrolytes!?!

@angelsmyre4647

5 жыл бұрын

Really?? Wow!! So do you just get a cup and put in Gatorade and and a plant?

@inthego

5 жыл бұрын

@@AquariumCoop you like money? I like money.. we should hang out. maybe get a "starbucks"

@PerplexiaX

5 жыл бұрын

Great "Idiocracy" reference! LOL :-)

love the rated "f" for fish nerds! Thank you Cory for all your help and info!

My experience pretty much matches what you discuss here: my 20-long is planted with Eco-Complete, and far and away the best performer among my plants is the dwarf pygmy chain sword - it's growing like a weed. The stem plants, on the other hand, are struggling with slow growth. At least, they were until I started using Easy Green...

@AquariumCoop

7 жыл бұрын

+Anthony Ragan yeah sounds like you got a first hand example of root vs water column feeders going on.

Thanks, Cory, for making me 'think' about my substrate. You are GREAT to listen to. A fount of knowledge. I am a BIG fan!!! :)

Mixing stuff is a good advice I think. I built my own soil using peat, worm kompost, crouched seeshells, clay and biochar, capped with pool filtersand. It has worked well fore me for two years now. I reasently started experimenting with adding micronutrients. Allso a good way to not run out of nutrients is to clean less and do fewer water charges.

Play this at 1.5 Speed

@ijerryg

5 жыл бұрын

Yes he is so slow

@Don-jl7ml

5 жыл бұрын

hahaahah that's the first thing I did. It's just my personal preference though. Absolutely nothing against him. I usually watch vids at at least 1.25 anyway

@nickolaifrancisnebab141

5 жыл бұрын

No offense for the guy but thanks for this comment. 😁😁😁

@WilloftheBee

5 жыл бұрын

Even the movement of fishes looks more normal at 1.5x

@deltahomicide9300

5 жыл бұрын

Pro tip

Thank you for this video! Coming from a beginner, I love that you put everything in layman's terms!!

Thanks for covering pretty much the entire spectrum, Corey. I knew I could count on you. Cheers. :)

Eco complete is meant to get more mineral rich the longer it’s in the tank. You’re supposed to dose root tabs and liquid fert for the first 4-6 months and by that time it’s pretty good for the long term. It starts with almost no nutrients, but builds over time.

@aprilmfr8184

Жыл бұрын

I was worried I got the wrong thing I got eco complete

@Rorther

11 ай бұрын

Don't you often have to trim plants, or remove some organic matter/duckweed, so it's decreasing the minerals?

This video was super super helpful. You answered all my questions and other videos just seemed to complicate it or leave me with even more questions. I’m so glad I found this!

Yet again another video!! You make everything easy to understand and remember! Thank you. Keep it up!!

I just cant get over how Amazing your videos are!! So much great information. Youre constantly answering all my qs. Thank you so much!!! 😀😀😀

@AquariumCoop

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you're finding value in our videos :)

I've watched a lot of videos trying to figure this out and this one was very clear for me - Thank you! Subscribed!

Love your videos Cory. I have 6 tanks. 2 of which I have under gravel filtration. 1 of which I used eco and the other regular gravel. Same lighting and dosing. The regular gravel grows like crazy, out preforms the eco. 2 of my other tanks I harvested river sand\gravel. Both of those tanks going on 3 years, out grow the under gravel 2.

Lol still learning about aquarium plants. I had to google what you said because "pogostemon stellatus octopus" just sounds made up when you say it fast!

@bencoad8492

5 жыл бұрын

yea try the close captions its even worst lol >_

Well said Cory. Very balanced overview for us beginners.

As someone who is just getting into the hobby this is most beneficial. Thank you!

By far best video on aquarium substrates. Finally someone uses common sense and speaks understandably.

Thank you. Because I came across you on KZread one day, I am enjoying this hobby. Thank you for being a fountain of information. Your videos helped my get through the pandemic 👍🏼✌🏽

Thanks for all the information, as a beginner it helped me out a lot!

Best infoI have found and presented in an easy to understand form. I have not been having good luck with Eco complete, but my water is hard and my ph high right out of the tap. Now I see why I may have chosen the wrong substrate for my situation as I don't want to use RO. Thank you.

Makes sense in nature, there are seasons that affect the soil, substrate in ponds, streams and many bodies of water. Some also dry up or some rely on the flow of the water to redistribute nutrients. I wonder if Eco Complete will make a good addition to orchid media...

@AquariumCoop

7 жыл бұрын

+Julius Toledo yeah, I really hope to explore the way I keep aquariums in the coming year.

I liked your idea of using jars with layered gravel and root tabs. Layer of gravel in bottom of jar root tabs on top, followed by plant roots then more gravel and possibly 2 more root tabs. Like the ability to see progress of roots thru the glass.

Thank you for taking the time to EXPLAIN! I am new to the hobby and I have learned so much from your videos :)

@AquariumCoop

7 жыл бұрын

+skinsgirl3 glad I could help ya.

I have water lettuce and one water hyacinth. I just added aquarium co-op easy green and flora max. I heard flora max is basically the same as eco complete. I was looking for a video from you about soil bc some people say to use just Home Depot soil.

love this video spot on. i really enjoyed how you discuss water hardness. people always forget that part. i had high light, co2, aquasoil, the works. then i decided i wanted low tech. what an experience. i now know what plants can acfiallu grow in hard water.

Thank you for doing this video. Its extremely helpful!!

Is there a good resource out there that has the information about what different aquatic plants need with regard to nutrients and how they are adapted to survive (root versus water column feeders)? You drop some random knowledge about particular plants and their needs and adaptations so I'm just curious where you might recommend an aquarist to go if they want to find out this type of information about a particular plant. Thanks for making these videos!

@AquariumCoop

7 жыл бұрын

You have to research plants individually unfortunately. No comprehensive guide that I can find :(

I have sand substrate and my plants are doing amazing and growing like crazy with root tabs

@godsreclamation2539

4 жыл бұрын

I have the opposite after 7 months.

Do you have any tips for planting in that loose, clay style substrate? I tried fluval stratum, and it looked amazing and my fish & plants loved it - but i found it tricky to plant in!

This actually makes for a good podcast to listen to while working

I Would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on father fishes deep substrate and forever aquarium principles :using minimum 2 inches of soil capped with usually sand like the walstad method Love your videos thank you

great video with a ton of info. Thanks for this, friend!

Thanks so much for doing this video. I love sand substrates and have had decent luck with them with low maintenance plants. I'm setting up a new little tank and I've been wondering if I shouldn't switch to soil - but I was struggling with the idea that you outlined here...somewhere down the line, the soil will become depleted and I would be stuck doing a revamp or fertilizing - just about the same as if I had started with non-soil in the first place. I think I'd rather work with the substrate that I really want and make adjustments for its limitations to maintain it for its lifetime, than have a great substrate for a certain window of time that will require similar maintenance down the road. I'm not knocking soil at all, I do think it produces beautiful results, but not sure it's what I want and I'm not as concerned now about just sticking with sand.

watch out, Cory's doing algebra.

A refreshingly informative presentation. Thanks for not just pushing a brand of substrate. 👍

@muddyriverdogz

Жыл бұрын

All you need is dirt covered with sand but your not suppose to know that.

This was very helpful. Thank you :)

I'm setting up my 55 gallon and I'm thinking of 3 bags of 9ltr flourite and then 4 bags of 2kg of flourite and then 1bag of 9 ltr dennerle scapers soil also I had a great Idea can you spray down the substrate with plant fertz

Thanks cory, this really help me to understand my tank

@AquariumCoop

7 жыл бұрын

Glad to help :)

@InfamousKiller11

7 жыл бұрын

Longduck Dong how do you go about mixing them? can you perhaps post a link or guide? very interested

@Mattb843

7 жыл бұрын

Dark Knight MGTOW You've gotten quite a bit of the wrong information. You must be a little confused.

good video... I don't really mess with seachem substrates too much. for me ADA is heads and tails above the rest. I've used it all and currently have ADA, fluorite, eco complete, one dirted and my wife uses stratum. I have soft water too and have found its pointless to have a substrate do my buffering. I have municipal water and use a 50-50 ro mix using equilibrium to remineralize. ADA imho has it all covered after that. Root tabs are nice in theory but never did much for me. I uses them when my subs. depleted till I have time to start fresh.

@sarahlogan4721

6 жыл бұрын

My water is super acidic it's like 60 to 80 ppm kh and my plants are having a hard time. What would you reccomend for buffering it. I use eco complete mixed with gravel. I have low lights and med light plants my swords are melting

Wow! So much information. Thank you!

This channel is like a good physics teacher. It doesn't teaches you what to do, it teaches how to think about aquariums.

Great and informative video. If possible also make a video on different plants and their requirements this would be a great guide for all in order to make selection of plants so that requirements are common for all of them.

Love your videos man, now I can improve my 10gal betta tank

Great tank! Here's my question with substrates: won't the plants eventually use up the nutrients in the special plant substrate, to where root tabs will be necessary? If so, then is there much of a benefit to planted substrate vs. sand+root tabs?

@Alex-ub8db

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen Cory and others such as diana walstad who swear by over feeding of fish food to fertilise.

I'm starting my first planted tank soon.. but I just want to learn as much as possible before even filling the tank up.. I need to buy substrate first, so thank you so much!

Awesome info, I’ve usually done a “renovation” at the 20/24 month mark, everybody comes out, fish go to the quarantine tank and plants get a Tupperware lol, things get re-arranged, I swap out 60% of my substrate, add a new lower layer and reset up all in one day, I wait till the next day and add everybody back in, I Don’t change the filter media, so my cycle is good, I trim some roots also to make them grow abit...never had any issues, I’m almost due for my 4 th Reno this fall :) Than I have mature plants, I sometimes add new ones lol, a new look, and everyone is super happy after a week or so again :) Plus after 2 years you want a new look usually! I mix like 3 different plant substrates, and gravel, it’s worked for a long time now 😎👍🏻

@stephaniefockler335

5 жыл бұрын

MrsBrownsAquaria what substrates do you use?

@kes9612

5 жыл бұрын

This sounds like the best strategy and approach for established planted tanks that just need a revamp fertilization wise. I think i will be using this method, thanks for sharing

This video is so informative, Thank you!

At which point is co2 necessary? I'm looking to have my tanks planted, as well as growing on top.

One thing you can do, and which I plan to try someday, is a gravel substrate but with potted plants buried in the gravel. This would hopefully keep the plants' soil isolated and keep the tank bottom relatively clean. It also makes repositioning the plants fairly simple :P

I was just on your website, lost in the sauce, when I decided I needed to do more research. After watching this, not only do I feel more comfortable making a decision, I also feel .ore comfortable ordering from you knowing that there is some knowledge behind the business.

This was probably the most helpful vid on substrate ever

Great ,We like your videos it has help us so much.....keep it up they are great .THANKS AGAIN Brad

I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like ADA Amazonia. Amazonia is soft and smooth.

@rocklobster420

5 жыл бұрын

r/prequelmemes

@jaidenrobinson1021

5 жыл бұрын

Was that a Star Wars reference

@tr0_0rt

4 жыл бұрын

Nice reference lol

@brannonwinchester7054

3 жыл бұрын

Sand for corydoras :)

I’ve used it all, but my go to now is a thin layer of pond soil with crushed root tabs, then a layer of pre used fine gravel (I never throw old substrates out,) and then a thick layer of sand. Never fails.

Great advice. Thanks

Great video! Thanks

great knowledge. thanks

Wasn't sure when i started watching it...Turned out pretty good. I've never seen the whole planted thing from this angle. It's like all those Pro knew about it but wasn't sharing it with us...Just my views. I'm glad i subscribed to this channel a while back. Great video guys... Thanks. ; )

@AquariumCoop

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it.

@VernDediccio9021

7 жыл бұрын

Just about to finish up watching the series. Thank you for sharing. ; )

Great video 👍 thanks for sharing! Subbed

Of course youre from Seattle. Ive been doing a crazy amount of research before I start my first tank. Guess Ill come visit next weekend!

I have extremely hard water, but I keep very hardy black skirt tetras, tiger barbs and albino cory catfish. If I wanted to change to a planted tank. How would a substrate that softens the water affect the fish (it would be a big change)? I have had tropical fish for years, but I never did a planted tank. I want to start with very basic/beginner plants. Thanks for the info. I subscribed 😁

this was very useful information! thank you

Awesome info, Thank you

I set up a planted 55 a month ago and used fert tabs on the bottom then ProMix organic potting soil mix covered with a thin layer of well rinsed coarse general purpose construction sand, the sand has a more natural color and a variety of particle sizes. The soil has a lot of compost so it already has a large diversity of beneficial bacteria and fungi, it also has a lot of lignin so when you fill the tank you get yellow water but a couple of partial water changes takes care of that while the tank cycles. It doesn't seem to change the hardness but that's OK, our water is fairly hard, lots of Calcium and Magnesium My plants and snails are thriving.

Super informative, thank you!

Most informative soil advice.. ;-).

Hi, i would like to try some natural plants in my tank as I've never done it before... so would like to start of with java fern & java moss as these are quite hardy. would they frive in a graveled aquarium? this was a great talk and made a lot clear about planted aquariums and the many different plants for them. Thanks.

very educational. thank you!!

Thanks for the vids!! What are your opinions on Monte Carlo?

Great video, going to set up a tank with your advice now

Cory, that was great. Since most of the people that want to convert from plastic plant to real plants will have gravel, how about to do a segment specifically on gravel tank growing techniques.

@MrGEV83

7 жыл бұрын

He did mention in another vid about wanting to do clown puke gravel with all the red blue yellow green pink and whatever other colors there is to prove plants can be grown successfully in there that a high end substrate isn't needed to do a planted tank. May be awhile till this happens though.

@AquariumCoop

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, basically any gravel will work. Just read other's comments about how they are having success with normal gravel.

@aliciacb8284747274

7 жыл бұрын

I really want to see this video, I just got rid of my turtle and I'm ready to start a planted aquarium. My turtle destroyed my last one and I stupidly threw out all the substrate and replaced with gravel. Big mistake that was back when I could afford to spend £100-150 on substrate. A lot of people seem to be biased towards plant substrate but I'm sure there must be a way to do it in gravel

Would you say that Flourite Black Sand would be too hard for the roots to run through? I was planning to run carpet plants such as chain swords or S.Repens along with some swords and such. I was thinking sand for the fine grain and the runners on the carpet. I'd also be adding NilocG thrive as my fertilizer.

This video is a real eye opener. You got a nee sub buddy.

@AquariumCoop

6 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard

This is very enlighting. I like it very much

This may be a hard question to answer, but my tap PH is 8... i use ada AS in my tank and it buffers it to 6. Now my tap GH 2 and my plants have been seen with calcium deficiency’s in the passes due to the cork-shoe twisted growth and snail shells deteriorating rapidly. I dose GH booster now twice a week which helps. Do you think adding some of the grey coast under the substrate would help? Im worried the PH will go bananas do to both substrates fighting each other

What's a good sand substrate for a planted tank? I was thinking of eco complete but I'm wanting to get some panda cories so o don't think gravel would be the best for them. Although I have seen alot people successfully have cories and eco complete but I want to be sure it won't harm their barbs. (Btw I'm using your liquid fertilizer on my 10 gal and my once dying plant is now flourishing!) Thanks!

@Mostlyharmless1985

6 жыл бұрын

dmiahdisos oqoskfheuow Gravel isn’t the worst for them. I’ve kept cories on eco complete and gravel mix without any issues What I’ve done is a mix of peat, eco complete and sand then cap it with sand. My corie school does fine on it. I have very hard water where I live though, if you have soft water I’d skip the peat moss.

Great video. Thank you!

Thanks for explaining

Extremely helpful whenever I've asked questions I consistently get "this is what I use" or "this should be fine". How do I find out if a plant feeds from the water column or the substrate? You mentioned many of them but some I didn't hear.

@AquariumCoop

7 жыл бұрын

+Vicky B there is no strict rule, so either learn from experience or research the plant name plus root feeder or water column feeder and read the discussions people have had.

a very good insight!

First of, thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge. Greatly appreciate your insights. Want to get your thoughts on the black diamond "quartz" (not blasting sand) for a substrate to be added on top of eco-complete. Since I am only planning to partially plant the tank; I'm looking for a covering substrate.

love the background ty for the help!!

What substrate do you recommend for bee shrimp? EDIT: I was thinking of mixing aqua soul and ecocomplete? EDIT: I also have neon tetras and zebra danios? Edit: I live in Florida and my water is hard

I'm looking to turn my 20 gallon tall into a planted Aquarium I've chosen my substrate but it only comes in a 15 lb bag can I use sand or gravel to supplement the other 5 lb ? if so how would you put it all together?