Your tanks are some of my favorites I've seen on any "fishtuber" channel. They are so natural looking. If I were a fish I would want to live in your fish room! 🐟
The Oscar with plants is amazing. I'm determined to continue appreciating cichlids without giving up my plants ever again, as I did for 6ish years keeping JDs. I'm pretty confident in saying it's doable with the right implementation and plant selection
@@FlowstateAquatics thank you, I’m not out of the woods yet with it being successful long term but doing research is huge and knowing that just because it’s said something isn’t possible doesn’t mean doesn’t mean it isn’t.
Great video I had to go back on my channel and see when i setup my first dirted tank I was surprise to see its only 6 months old but what a difference 6 months has been. Another thing you mentioned was the mulm well to be 100% honest I don't vacuum any of my planted tanks ever I just let it be. my first plant tanks is now pushing that 5 year mark and its just using a planted substrate and the plants are still growing like crazy. some day i want to have all dirted tanks with exception to my big cichlid tanks they would destroy the substrate. they clear the sand to bottom glass even with the egg crate i have on the bottom of the tank they manage to suck out the sand and remove it.
@@razinfishes1918 that’s awesome Scott and I look forward to the transition to the dirted tanks. I did the same about a year and a half ago. I decided to just go for it 😁
Great video! I'm a big fan of mulm for plants myself, I do pull it out near the front or if I move something and make a mess with it 😅. Hope you have a nice weekend 🙂👍
Great episode Patty. You're channel is one of my favorites in the aquarium hobby channels. Them interviews you've been doin I think are gonna grow the channel a lot. Best wishes my friend
@@kpocala1061 thank you I appreciate that and honored and speaking of interviews this Sunday I will be announcing a huge guest that will be coming on at the end of the month 😁
So im setting up my first planted aquarium. Ive loved my fish friends both marine and fresh but the plant th I ng is new. I hope my aquariums one day will be as fine as yours. New subscriber. Thank you.
@@AndrewHampson-kp7by well thank you for subbing and welcome to the planted aquarium world. The key is doing research and patience. If you have questions feel free to reach out 😁👍
I like floating plants... Try water lettuce.. in an aquarium they stay small. Also great for fry to hide in. I dont test my water either... Not doing ph up and down game lol What a difference in your oscar tank with cloudiness Great info on the mulm I really can't believe that is dwarf sag not val...wow Great job
@@stubbsaquatics6080 thanks Chris, Water lettuce might be illegal in my state I would have to check it out but it’s a cool looking plant. Yup I started with dwarf sag and had gotten a few jungle vals a few years back but could always telll the difference between the two, dwarf sag grows very tall 😁in my tanks
This is great, so many videos about setting up tanks but few about older tanks. I have a 29 gallon which has been up for 6 years. I have spent the past few months destroying a massive green hair and black beard algae mess which I allowed to happen through neglect. 😢 Now I’ve replanted and things are settling down. But my original cap was gravel and I’m wondering if I can or should retrofit with a sand cap? Also my fish mostly died from old age, I have a female albino bristlenose pleco, one very old cherry barb, and one faithful Nerite snail 🐌 So I need to add livestock to balance things. Should I try to add a sand cap?
@@KristiBodin you definitely could add some sand on top of the gravel. I used gravel in my first tanks and wond up scooping a lot of it out to get down near but not into dirt then topped it with sand but with your tank being 6 years old I myself wouldn’t want to rip that all up. That being said if you like the gravel keep it but if you want sand I would just add some on top of the gravel.
I am at over three years deep on the 55G and 25G Hex and gonna leave them alone and see how along I can go with the set ups, one thing you learn with dirted tanks is patients 😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜just grabbed some leaf litter from yard to let sink and do it's thing.
Patty what r ur suggestions for plants…I’m preparing to make my first tank and it will be dirted…25 gallons tank and planning for 10-12 in vitro cups of plants…I’m interested what combination of plants would be best choice for beginner…and is it enough 12 cups of plants for 25 gallon tank…ps I’m retired so time I had to spend in maintaince is irrelevant
@@nygma669 I’m not familiar with Vitro cups as far as how much is in them. I highly recommend fast growing stem plants especially in the beginning to help pull nutrients out of the water and to help balance the aquarium. I use lots of Ludwigea and Pogostemon Stellatus Octopus to start my tanks. Hope that helped
@@tarewade9681 I run mine for 10 hours a day. Most at 100% intensity. I have dumped my puffer tank down on intensity for a couple months to combat hair algae and has worked
What are your thoughts on Malaysian Trumpet Snails in a dirted tank? I've heard and seen that they help turn the soil, but would they expose the dirt layer to the water??
@@kinglyzard I have them in all my dirted aquariums. They are awesome for churning the sand and they do not expose the dirt to the water column. There only downfall is they breed quite proficiently. Other than that I think they are beneficial
@pattys_aquatics Unfortunately, I got there right after a snail purge and there were few to be had. I ended up with 5-10 babies and a promise to call with more. The first place had all bare bottom tanks and ran Cu++ thru their water systems to prevent disease in their fish (ich). ITMT, I ordered a Bag o' Bugs from Phillips Fishworks
There's something our aquariums dont have that the ponds lakes and rivers have . When you go and walk around the shore of a lake what do you see? Hundreds thousand of gallons of water that are not accupied by fish, when algea takes over a lake , city officials dont blame it on the the sun , instead they investigate whats polluting the water , is it a invasive specie of fish? Is it run off from a local farm ect. When they find out whats causing it they dont say lets add more plants or dim the sunlight, instead they go to the source thats causing it and stop it , they dont put bandaids to fix problems. We on the other hand put bandaids and make things work , not saying i don't this myself, most natural bodies of water dont even have plants and the fish thrive in them, we can do the same with a aquarium if we just stop overstocking with fish, but I know tanks that look lonely dont look good so we overstock forgetting that we are only working with a few gallons of water that can easily become unbalanced or polluted. These are just things i think sbout
@@victoralba6796 you have a lot of great points there and it definitely is something to think about. We definitely always try to fix things to make them suitable to our wants in our aquariums . Great points
@@neutronshiva2498 yeah I just transplanted those swords a few weeks back from my summer tubs. They typically die back after I move them and now having soil for the roots to tap into should help.
This is great, so many videos about setting up tanks but few about older tanks. I have a 29 gallon which has been up for 6 years. I have spent the past few months destroying a massive green hair and black beard algae mess which I allowed to happen through neglect. 😢 Now I’ve replanted and things are settling down. But my original cap was gravel and I’m wondering if I can or should retrofit with a sand cap? Also my fish mostly died from old age, I have a female albino bristlenose pleco, one very old cherry barb, and one faithful Nerite snail 🐌 So I need to add livestock to balance things. Should I try to add a sand cap?
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Your tanks are some of my favorites I've seen on any "fishtuber" channel. They are so natural looking. If I were a fish I would want to live in your fish room! 🐟
@@MadameLacrymosa wow thank you for that compliment. I absolutely love the natural look, I know it’s not for everybody but it’s what I thrive for 😁
I love seeing your tanks, they’re beautiful! 😍
@@TalisaAquarist thanks Talisa I appreciate it 😁👍
Wow I never knew Oscars would leave plants alone! How cool!
@@kjibarrola so far he hasn’t touched them but he hasn’t reached its full maturity yet so we shall see if his attitude changes 😁
great video..patty..well explained..hats off..
@@ashikrafi290 thank you very much I appreciate it 😁
The Oscar with plants is amazing. I'm determined to continue appreciating cichlids without giving up my plants ever again, as I did for 6ish years keeping JDs. I'm pretty confident in saying it's doable with the right implementation and plant selection
@@FlowstateAquatics thank you, I’m not out of the woods yet with it being successful long term but doing research is huge and knowing that just because it’s said something isn’t possible doesn’t mean doesn’t mean it isn’t.
Great video I had to go back on my channel and see when i setup my first dirted tank I was surprise to see its only 6 months old but what a difference 6 months has been. Another thing you mentioned was the mulm well to be 100% honest I don't vacuum any of my planted tanks ever I just let it be. my first plant tanks is now pushing that 5 year mark and its just using a planted substrate and the plants are still growing like crazy. some day i want to have all dirted tanks with exception to my big cichlid tanks they would destroy the substrate. they clear the sand to bottom glass even with the egg crate i have on the bottom of the tank they manage to suck out the sand and remove it.
@@razinfishes1918 that’s awesome Scott and I look forward to the transition to the dirted tanks. I did the same about a year and a half ago. I decided to just go for it 😁
Great video! I'm a big fan of mulm for plants myself, I do pull it out near the front or if I move something and make a mess with it 😅. Hope you have a nice weekend 🙂👍
@@TarasTankFriends thanks Tara and completely agree with the mulm. Have a great weekend yourself 😁
Hi there!
@@EmperorTetraObsessedPerson hello 😁👍
@ lol, I am a sub of you both hehe :)
@@EmperorTetraObsessedPerson good channels! 😂
Great episode Patty. You're channel is one of my favorites in the aquarium hobby channels. Them interviews you've been doin I think are gonna grow the channel a lot. Best wishes my friend
@@kpocala1061 thank you I appreciate that and honored and speaking of interviews this Sunday I will be announcing a huge guest that will be coming on at the end of the month 😁
Awesome video. Great information. Beautiful fish tanks. Thanks for sharing
@@markfranklin8831 thanks Mark, your support is always greatly appreciated 😁👍
Great video. I really enjoy your content. I have a channel I started about fish and other animals I keep. I look forward to more videos from you 👍🏻
@@AnimalJeff-lh7fh thank you! Yes I subbed to your channel the other day. I look forward to seeing your content 😁
So im setting up my first planted aquarium. Ive loved my fish friends both marine and fresh but the plant th I ng is new. I hope my aquariums one day will be as fine as yours. New subscriber. Thank you.
@@AndrewHampson-kp7by well thank you for subbing and welcome to the planted aquarium world. The key is doing research and patience. If you have questions feel free to reach out 😁👍
I like floating plants... Try water lettuce.. in an aquarium they stay small. Also great for fry to hide in.
I dont test my water either... Not doing ph up and down game lol
What a difference in your oscar tank with cloudiness
Great info on the mulm
I really can't believe that is dwarf sag not val...wow
Great job
@@stubbsaquatics6080 thanks Chris,
Water lettuce might be illegal in my state I would have to check it out but it’s a cool looking plant.
Yup I started with dwarf sag and had gotten a few jungle vals a few years back but could always telll the difference between the two, dwarf sag grows very tall 😁in my tanks
@pattys_aquatics it certainly does
This is great, so many videos about setting up tanks but few about older tanks. I have a 29 gallon which has been up for 6 years. I have spent the past few months destroying a massive green hair and black beard algae mess which I allowed to happen through neglect. 😢 Now I’ve replanted and things are settling down. But my original cap was gravel and I’m wondering if I can or should retrofit with a sand cap? Also my fish mostly died from old age, I have a female albino bristlenose pleco, one very old cherry barb, and one faithful Nerite snail 🐌 So I need to add livestock to balance things. Should I try to add a sand cap?
@@KristiBodin you definitely could add some sand on top of the gravel. I used gravel in my first tanks and wond up scooping a lot of it out to get down near but not into dirt then topped it with sand but with your tank being 6 years old I myself wouldn’t want to rip that all up. That being said if you like the gravel keep it but if you want sand I would just add some on top of the gravel.
@@pattys_aquatics thank you!
I am at over three years deep on the 55G and 25G Hex and gonna leave them alone and see how along I can go with the set ups, one thing you learn with dirted tanks is patients 😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜just grabbed some leaf litter from yard to let sink and do it's thing.
@@MFTAQ patience is definitely key when it comes to a lot of things in life which my downfall 😂
Patty what r ur suggestions for plants…I’m preparing to make my first tank and it will be dirted…25 gallons tank and planning for 10-12 in vitro cups of plants…I’m interested what combination of plants would be best choice for beginner…and is it enough 12 cups of plants for 25 gallon tank…ps I’m retired so time I had to spend in maintaince is irrelevant
@@nygma669 I’m not familiar with Vitro cups as far as how much is in them. I highly recommend fast growing stem plants especially in the beginning to help pull nutrients out of the water and to help balance the aquarium. I use lots of Ludwigea and Pogostemon Stellatus Octopus to start my tanks. Hope that helped
I have lots of hair algae cropping up in my tanks. I think it could be related to my lighting. How long to you run your lights each day?
@@tarewade9681 I run mine for 10 hours a day. Most at 100% intensity. I have dumped my puffer tank down on intensity for a couple months to combat hair algae and has worked
What are your thoughts on Malaysian Trumpet Snails in a dirted tank?
I've heard and seen that they help turn the soil, but would they expose the dirt layer to the water??
@@kinglyzard I have them in all my dirted aquariums. They are awesome for churning the sand and they do not expose the dirt to the water column. There only downfall is they breed quite proficiently. Other than that I think they are beneficial
@@pattys_aquatics
Thanx 😀
I'm off to the store to "relieve" them of their "pests"!!
@ 😂 that’s what did. Asked for the “pest” snails and the look I got from the employee 😂
@pattys_aquatics
Unfortunately, I got there right after a snail purge and there were few to be had. I ended up with 5-10 babies and a promise to call with more. The first place had all bare bottom tanks and ran Cu++ thru their water systems to prevent disease in their fish (ich).
ITMT, I ordered a Bag o' Bugs from Phillips Fishworks
patty i just wants you experiment a tank with more red plants... because i never see dirted tank with successful red plants
@@ashikrafi290 I could do that when I come across some good red plants. Thanks for the idea
There's something our aquariums dont have that the ponds lakes and rivers have . When you go and walk around the shore of a lake what do you see? Hundreds thousand of gallons of water that are not accupied by fish, when algea takes over a lake , city officials dont blame it on the the sun , instead they investigate whats polluting the water , is it a invasive specie of fish? Is it run off from a local farm ect. When they find out whats causing it they dont say lets add more plants or dim the sunlight, instead they go to the source thats causing it and stop it , they dont put bandaids to fix problems. We on the other hand put bandaids and make things work , not saying i don't this myself, most natural bodies of water dont even have plants and the fish thrive in them, we can do the same with a aquarium if we just stop overstocking with fish, but I know tanks that look lonely dont look good so we overstock forgetting that we are only working with a few gallons of water that can easily become unbalanced or polluted. These are just things i think sbout
@@victoralba6796 you have a lot of great points there and it definitely is something to think about. We definitely always try to fix things to make them suitable to our wants in our aquariums . Great points
What brand soil do you use?
@@tracyramsey2976 I get the cheap generic brand from Menards. The brand changes there but it’s always only like $3 a bag
4:57 your amazon swords have chlorosis. Add potassium root tabs.
@@neutronshiva2498 yeah I just transplanted those swords a few weeks back from my summer tubs. They typically die back after I move them and now having soil for the roots to tap into should help.
This is great, so many videos about setting up tanks but few about older tanks. I have a 29 gallon which has been up for 6 years. I have spent the past few months destroying a massive green hair and black beard algae mess which I allowed to happen through neglect. 😢 Now I’ve replanted and things are settling down. But my original cap was gravel and I’m wondering if I can or should retrofit with a sand cap? Also my fish mostly died from old age, I have a female albino bristlenose pleco, one very old cherry barb, and one faithful Nerite snail 🐌 So I need to add livestock to balance things. Should I try to add a sand cap?
@@KristiBodin 😁👍