TOP 10 + More Types of Unusual Floating Aquarium Plants NO Substrate Plants!

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  • Опубліковано 24 кві 2021
  • Hello today we go through the overgrowth of my fish room and what I have learned from the behavior of several types of aquarium plants. As time has passed many of my plants have gone through various transitional stages. As they continue to strive to the surface some have made it there and beyond. In this video I will share a bit of which ones and some of my experiences. Aquarium Plants without soil. Fish keeping made easy. Types of Easy Aquarium Plants.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 146

  • @faedoyle4147
    @faedoyle4147 3 роки тому +41

    Part of the reason I didn’t have success with plants is that I over cleaned. I have learned to let the environment evolve. It’s because of you that I’ve relaxed into my tanks. Just let em do man.....lovin it!!!! ❤️❤️

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  3 роки тому +5

      Thats awesome to hear that is my main message I try to portray because its the biggest block in the road for keeping aquariums we all go through.

    • @raisinggoldfishonabudget7058
      @raisinggoldfishonabudget7058 3 роки тому +2

      @@LRBaquatics same thing with me
      I kept hearing about how dirty tanks can kill fish & I kept
      all mine clean then when the fish started dying I got out
      of the hobby (guppies) now I have goldfish & wild lake
      fish (bluegills-pan fish) In a 110 gal stock tank.
      I have a 1455 gph pump in the wild tank & a 55 gal
      drum cut in 1/2 as a bog filter system for it & working
      on getting some plant's that will grow in it.

  • @gfuller16
    @gfuller16 3 роки тому +53

    0:36 Brazilian Pennywort (Hydrocotyle Leucocephala)
    1:56 Rotala Rotundifolia
    2:49 Rotala Colorata
    3:45 Limnophila Aromatica
    4:00 Limnophila Sessiliflora
    4:13 Hygrophila Angustifolia
    4:36 Pogostemon Stellatus Octopus
    5:01 Willow Moss (Fontinalis Antipyretica)
    5:47 Dwarf Sagittaria Subulata
    6:06 Pilo Moss (Pilotrichaceae sp. moss)
    6:59 Crystalwort (Riccia Fluitans)
    7:37 Bacopa
    8:16 Hornwort (Ceratophyllum Demersum)
    8:49 Guppy Grass
    9:22 Taiwan Lily (Nymphoides Hydrophylla)
    9:57 Italian Vallisneria
    10:38 Pearlweed
    11:15 Hemianthus Callitrichoides
    11:38 Potamogeton Gayi
    12:00 Hydrocotyle Tripartita
    12:40 Red Tiger Lotus (Nymphaea Zenkeri)
    12:22 Bucephalandra, Cryptocoryne, Anubias
    13:56 Helanthium Vesuvius (Echinodorus)

  • @baum8981
    @baum8981 3 роки тому +13

    LRB hacking all the algorithms :D

  • @vb2377
    @vb2377 3 роки тому +9

    Pearlweed and guppy grass :) best combo for breeding in my experience. I plant the pearlweed and float guppy grass. Cover everywhere. With enough plant load, we can cut down on water changes

  • @quki3
    @quki3 8 місяців тому +1

    😍 I’m obsessed with floating plants.

  • @the_DOS
    @the_DOS 4 місяці тому +1

    Ancharis is a good one too

  • @Indusxstan
    @Indusxstan 3 роки тому +1

    So much new information in this video. Brilliant 💎

  • @Chris18o0
    @Chris18o0 3 роки тому +2

    Definitely going to be checking your site and the LFS for these. Floaters are perfect for pond season

  • @caroleinwv
    @caroleinwv 3 роки тому +3

    I have been starting to float just about everything except Crypt and Annubia. This is partially from your example and partially from finding that they seem to do better.
    Thanks for your inspiration! Love these videos!
    "Superstrate"

  • @an1l381
    @an1l381 2 роки тому

    One of the best videos I've seen on planted tanks for sure

  • @akhileshthapa_fishbro86
    @akhileshthapa_fishbro86 3 роки тому

    Awesome video Lucas... Can't wait to try this out. ❤️

  • @GlassSurfing
    @GlassSurfing 2 роки тому

    Awesome, thanks!

  • @edgard.9083
    @edgard.9083 Місяць тому

    Wow! Going try this.

  • @carriehaberkorn4781
    @carriehaberkorn4781 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this. I’m ordering plants and love the plants I can float 🙌

  • @barkaiyaari3176
    @barkaiyaari3176 2 роки тому

    outstanding thx!

  • @johnnybest6386
    @johnnybest6386 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for the info

  • @Dragonkrux
    @Dragonkrux 3 роки тому

    This was awesome! Thanks dude!

  • @red_hobbit3323
    @red_hobbit3323 2 роки тому

    This was super helpful and your prices are awesome!! Thank you!

  • @shesellsfish
    @shesellsfish 3 роки тому

    Awesome! I did not know some of these would float and grow well, like willow moss. I love willow moss.
    Now I will try floating it. Excited to see it in that form.
    👍💓👍

  • @abeldominguez2306
    @abeldominguez2306 3 роки тому +1

    Very useful video. Thanks and hangs from Madrid

  • @phillip1beer
    @phillip1beer 2 роки тому

    I really enjoyed this video. I took notes and saved the video for later reference.

  • @amazonpancakes543
    @amazonpancakes543 Рік тому

    Great video!!

  • @velcapitan
    @velcapitan 2 роки тому +1

    This is a great video...thanks

  • @johnnybest6386
    @johnnybest6386 8 місяців тому

    Very interesting thanks today i learned something new

  • @johnnybest6386
    @johnnybest6386 9 місяців тому

    All these years wow every day u learn something new

  • @baum8981
    @baum8981 3 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing this info, i will most likely come back to this several times in the future :)

  • @MrPhatbasslines
    @MrPhatbasslines Рік тому

    Thanks for the proper names

  • @DEXTER-TV-series
    @DEXTER-TV-series 2 роки тому

    Maybe your best video! Short and informative!
    Extremely better than your Friday Night hour+ videos about I don't know what.

  • @Kaitlin.D
    @Kaitlin.D Рік тому

    This definitely answers the question I asked in the live stream. Thanks for suggesting it!

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  Рік тому

      Glad to hear it and you are welcome thanks for joining us!

  • @madcat61207
    @madcat61207 2 роки тому

    Good show 😾👍
    I'm so glad i spent time here learning about floating plants with you 😾✌️

  • @dfabe5346
    @dfabe5346 Рік тому +1

    Dude I'm so happy I found your channel again, I used to watch you years ago. Glad to see that you're still putting up vids, all the best to you and thanks for the info.

  • @PatrickGeneLeBlancHardy
    @PatrickGeneLeBlancHardy 3 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing 💪 ✌

  • @johnjwedrall4290
    @johnjwedrall4290 Рік тому

    Good informative video, thanks 👍

  • @loerya99
    @loerya99 3 роки тому +8

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I am always learning and evolving as a new fishkeeper and I really appreciate the time you take in explaining your philosophy as well as the practical tips.

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  3 роки тому

      Thank you!

    • @chosen2030
      @chosen2030 8 місяців тому

      ​@@LRBaquaticsexcellent, informative video! Have you used Hygroryza aristata? If you have, would love to hear your experience with it and it's care requirements for either an indoor aquarium or outdoor tub.

  • @Signor1pc
    @Signor1pc 3 роки тому

    Awesome video!

  • @Vincent-kx9ze
    @Vincent-kx9ze 3 місяці тому

    Awesome.

  • @johnnybest6386
    @johnnybest6386 5 місяців тому

    Thanks brother

  • @LegendMuse84
    @LegendMuse84 3 роки тому

    Bought many of them, thaaaanks!

  • @djc20
    @djc20 11 місяців тому

    great video, i love to float almost all of those!

  • @MridulSinghMusic
    @MridulSinghMusic 3 роки тому

    All of those are great floaters, including Ludwigias, Lobelia, and Lindernia!

  • @JohnSmith-il4wi
    @JohnSmith-il4wi Рік тому

    Came here from SerpaDesign. Liked and Subcribed

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  Рік тому +1

      Awesome! I have a old video tour of all his ariums from his old place. He is great guy!

  • @harveymogarawanderingfilip5318
    @harveymogarawanderingfilip5318 2 роки тому

    Now, that's a aquatic garden my friend.

  • @nickrector
    @nickrector Рік тому

    Need to clip that part of the video of the guppy tank and put it on your sales website. I was getting distracted by them as well. Was glad you said what kind they were because I was going to ask.😁

  • @Ishiisan
    @Ishiisan 3 роки тому

    I got some Crystal Wort from you almost two years ago. Great floater in shrimp or skittish fish tank.

  • @Wormwoodification
    @Wormwoodification 2 роки тому

    Dude. A vertible weatlh of knowledge. Wth. Loved the floating moss. I like moss.

  • @Mr.TrouDeCul
    @Mr.TrouDeCul 3 роки тому

    Nice

  • @andrewyeverino6764
    @andrewyeverino6764 2 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing! Based on your video, I think I’ll be ordering some pearl weed, pilo moss, Limnophilia Aromatics, Rotala Rotundifolia, Bacopa Moneri, and possibly the Hydrocotyle Tripartita 👍

  • @SubparPanda
    @SubparPanda 3 роки тому

    I'm extremely tempted to buy riccia and pennywort now! Great vid tho will keep it in mind when I get tired of my duckweed and water lettuce

  • @mae1813
    @mae1813 2 роки тому +1

    Ahh your fish room looks like mine I like it :) well i also have a few mangrove trees and pothos growing out the tops toward the back of the aquariums too (covers the empty walls above my tanks as im too short to have tanks any higher and yea a few nails and fishing line the pothos hang on and climb : ) green plants dashes of red here and there and fish fish and more fish :)

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  2 роки тому

      Sounds lovely. I had a few houseplants growing out of a couple there.

  • @johnjwedrall4290
    @johnjwedrall4290 Рік тому

    Found your channel today and subscribed to it today 😀 👍

  • @ericesper348
    @ericesper348 3 роки тому +1

    Great video I plan on in about 4 months when I'm physically able to put 5 more 40 gallon breeders into my Mini fishroom. Definitely want to set one up with Riccia, Maybe 2/3 full. Sort of like the kind of bog we see up here in Southern Michigan. Then some dim light loving fish under it. At least 2 of them and 5 10 gallons Will be no filtration. Going to give your approach a try

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  3 роки тому +1

      Awesome have faith in mother nature ;) let her do her thing.

  • @rgilroy1909
    @rgilroy1909 3 роки тому +1

    java moss, java fern, frogbit, rrfloaters there are oh so many

  • @mae1813
    @mae1813 2 роки тому

    Guppy grass I'm gonna need some of that, I don't have that yet.

  • @mymysticaqua2952
    @mymysticaqua2952 3 роки тому

    I am impressed with all your plants.
    I even kill the low tech plants. 😅

  • @richardmaccarthy101
    @richardmaccarthy101 3 роки тому +1

    This might sound crazy, but is there a 'best plant' for emersed growth in a closed-lid tank? It's for a little...competition (basically I'm looking for something that will emerge out into that couple of inches of space...and then stop? That kinda sounds like "not a thing" though...). I gotta say, I LOVE these plant-focused videos...

  • @CasualAquatics
    @CasualAquatics 3 роки тому

    Hello friend ccac in the house!

  • @thedoujinguynico7315
    @thedoujinguynico7315 2 місяці тому

    Ive done Montecarlo first make a carpet then lift it it will float at the top and the leaves aill pop out of the water and it will grow fast

  • @jamesparadigm
    @jamesparadigm 3 роки тому

    💚💚💚

  • @pjp9383
    @pjp9383 2 роки тому

    8:49 LRB: You guys hungry???
    Me: 😂😂😂 They're guppies. They're ALWAYS hungry!

  • @baum8981
    @baum8981 3 роки тому

    Alright, within a week my new tank now contains 2 types of stem plants semi floating with it rooting in a filter mat background
    I also bought a taiwan lily today
    My rainbow congo tetras should look good under them :)

  • @timond1987
    @timond1987 Рік тому +1

    Great video! I noticed there is not much surface agitation in any of your tanks. I was always told that it's super important but everything in your tanks looks very healthy with minimal surface movement. Can you please let me know your thoughts on this?

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  Рік тому +4

      The aquariums have no filters and run like fancy mud puddles. I have been doing it for years. Mother Nature does the work besides making it rain aka water change which I wouldn’t do more then 25% a week. I have some tanks that have gone year without water change just top off. Join us tonight at 930 pm EST and I can get more in depth on there.

  • @wantsome-zs5sq
    @wantsome-zs5sq 8 місяців тому

    I'm not a guppy person but those orange and black guppies are killer

  • @daliborstefanovic893
    @daliborstefanovic893 2 роки тому

    what lighting you use (what intensities, colors) and how many hours is the photo period?

  • @nutmeggs
    @nutmeggs Рік тому

    I have been telling people that tiger lotus is an awesome floater and nobody ever believes me!

  • @afifahzulkefli2647
    @afifahzulkefli2647 Рік тому

    I love your video, i have tried if not all, some of the plants you mentioned here but i planted them. And did not have them growing out emersed like that. Will need to try float them. That being said, would love to know for your planted tanks, what substrate are you using? Are they all dirt tank?

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  Рік тому +1

      I’ve used all kinds of substrates. Dirt and sand are my favorite. But even most the common plants in the aquarium can grow in gravel. As you can see illustrated in the video. Since essentially they aren’t even using substrate.

    • @afifahzulkefli2647
      @afifahzulkefli2647 Рік тому

      @@LRBaquatics appreciate the reply. i’ve only ever set up one dirted tank before and for a long time, the plants growth were amazing. i remember restarting it all over again when the algae start growing and i couldn’t get rid of them. watching your videos now i realize i should just leave it be and let nature do its thing. i have 2 blackwater tanks now, and one ikea vase setup with aquatic soil. i’ll go back to dirt for sure now 🙏🏻

  • @akhileshthapa_fishbro86
    @akhileshthapa_fishbro86 3 роки тому +1

    I feel that low or no water movement seems to work for floating plants... Any opinions???

  • @CRUMPETSHERE
    @CRUMPETSHERE 3 роки тому

    Anyone know if Monte Carlo or Hc Cuba can grow floating ? LRB amazing videos do more like these :)

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  3 роки тому

      Yes they can just like pearl weed

    • @CRUMPETSHERE
      @CRUMPETSHERE 3 роки тому

      @@LRBaquatics you think eco complete is suitable substrate for growing Hemianthus callitrichoides or will that make the ph higher?

  • @joeburrus4934
    @joeburrus4934 2 роки тому

    Hey bud what kind of floating plants u sell ur site I don't see much

  • @ysman3
    @ysman3 3 роки тому

    ✌🏼

  • @mariqnminkov8893
    @mariqnminkov8893 10 місяців тому

    Super aquariums!!!! My penny plant just dont want to grow. Nonstop melting...

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  10 місяців тому +1

      Try floating it and should grow better make take time for it to transition its leaves. It does like water changes but doesnt like splashing on its leaves.

  • @giselleramirez4234
    @giselleramirez4234 Рік тому

    What kind of fertilizer do you use for the Brazilian pennywort?

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  Рік тому

      UA-cam search LRB Aquatics plant food fertilizer and it will show you how I make mine

  • @Phillycheeseaquatics
    @Phillycheeseaquatics Рік тому

    those are not tanks, those are glass ponds that look amazing

  • @spiritualsaggi6297
    @spiritualsaggi6297 Рік тому

    Question: How do you gravel vac when there are dense plants in the aquarium?

  • @MissChelle
    @MissChelle Рік тому

    Thank You, great video. Can you recommend a floating plant that will do ok under a lid? The condensation is ruining my frog & red root floaters 🙁❤️🇦🇺

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  Рік тому +1

      Some stem plants may be able to survive like the bacopa. It is tough to do floaters with lids.

    • @MissChelle
      @MissChelle Рік тому

      Thx for replying. I have some bacopa, I’ll give it a go. I’m trialing dwarf baby tears too. ❤️🇦🇺

    • @daniellesomerville3018
      @daniellesomerville3018 Рік тому

      I've had good luck with pearlized and hornwort floating with lids and of course duckweed

  • @bubblerings
    @bubblerings 2 роки тому

    The Legend!!!... LRB AQUATICS
    Do you have to control mosquito breeding in your house of hundreds of tanks??...
    many of which are still water...
    If so... What do you do? Thx.
    Scotty on Maui.

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  2 роки тому +1

      I’ve never had issues with it from my fish or shrimp tanks

    • @bubblerings
      @bubblerings 2 роки тому

      @@LRBaquatics ok. Great. I must have fed a nearly 'ripe' mosquito larva from my barrel.. And, it was able to hide from Mosquito Fish in floating hornwort and hatch out. zzz zzz..
      My Puffers love them.. Haha.. Thx!

  • @johnnybest6386
    @johnnybest6386 2 місяці тому

    Pylo moss next on list? Because l.r.b say so❤

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  2 місяці тому

      Send me a email I can check I may have a little I can spare you but will be a long time until it hits the website.

  • @DEXTER-TV-series
    @DEXTER-TV-series 2 роки тому

    Hello. I bought stem plant (Higrophila Angustifolia). Wow, it wasn't cheap and I want to propagate it to fill the aquarium. How do you advise to propagate: to cut the stem under water or above water? If to cut above water, will the mother plant grow faster since it will have carbon dioxide in the air? But then the daughter plant is the part that wasn't in the water and would have to go through a melting process?

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  2 роки тому

      Best to propagate underwater. To hard to transition once it grows out of water. It likes to grow a lot and stretch so it makes propagation easy but needs lots of space.

  • @cichlidssea172
    @cichlidssea172 3 роки тому

    ❤ 🎥 ✌

  • @magnetman3t725
    @magnetman3t725 2 роки тому

    Would some of these plants be good with Bristlenose Plecos

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  2 роки тому

      All of them will since they float. Plecos will sit and hide in them too, its cool

  • @nickclemens7914
    @nickclemens7914 2 роки тому

    It is not fungus on the dry moss, led ligths can lighten the plants color a bit if to close to the light

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  2 роки тому

      Like bleaching it? Weird but possible

    • @nickclemens7914
      @nickclemens7914 2 роки тому

      Ive seen it on the top budz that was close to the light on plants when grown under led only😊

  • @SongwriterTaco
    @SongwriterTaco 3 роки тому

    That tiger lotus is ridiculous

  • @davidsenger7694
    @davidsenger7694 3 роки тому

    What types of floating plants do you recommend for discus? Thanks

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  3 роки тому +1

      I had my discus under the tank with the big bushy hygrophila angustafolia and brazilian penny wort. I would recommend most the plants listed besides guppy grass just because it will out grow the discus space to fast and would not be as practical to trim to make feasible for long term use.

    • @davidsenger7694
      @davidsenger7694 3 роки тому

      @@LRBaquatics thanks for the information. I look forward to having a healthy happy aquarium

  • @victorwu539
    @victorwu539 7 місяців тому

    If these are the unusual types of floating plants. Can i ask what the usual ones are as well? My favorite plants are ones that float but sit right below the water level. I've found that these are most versatile types of plants and am always looking to get more.

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  7 місяців тому +1

      Usual ones are duckweed, water lettuce, riccia, frog bit and a few others which mostly sit on top of the water.

    • @victorwu539
      @victorwu539 7 місяців тому

      @@LRBaquatics thanks! But i was actually looking for plants that stay below the water not above. These are usually the kinds of plants that can be both planted and floated which is why I like them so much.
      I was thinking of plants like anacharis, water wisteria and water sprite. Or similar plants such as rotala and moneywort as mentioned in your video.

  • @onehitterquitter2130
    @onehitterquitter2130 2 роки тому

    You say ferts? Like the aquarium co op all in one bottle

  • @appleban6823
    @appleban6823 Рік тому

    How do you fertilize these tanks? My plants will grow until they run out of fertilizer then lose all of their leave

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  Рік тому

      UA-cam search LRB Plant Food and a vid should pop up on it

  • @user-px6dy2th3s
    @user-px6dy2th3s 3 роки тому

    Good Video. Is it wrong to have plastic plants in a tank?

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  3 роки тому +1

      Lol I dont think so, to each their own. I do think plants play a big role in a healthy environment and mother nature takes care of herself better then any industrial made plastic.

    • @user-px6dy2th3s
      @user-px6dy2th3s 3 роки тому +1

      @@LRBaquatics Live plants feel a little difficult for the first tank

    • @boniboni4912
      @boniboni4912 3 роки тому +1

      @@user-px6dy2th3s you can get some really easy plants like vallisneria, hornworth or even duckweed, hornworth can float or can put it in the substrate, the substrate doesn’t have to be anything fancy, sand would do, my vallisnerias are in sand, or put some Anubias in a piece of wood

    • @user-px6dy2th3s
      @user-px6dy2th3s 3 роки тому +1

      @@boniboni4912 👍

  • @herbeenc8042
    @herbeenc8042 3 роки тому

    @11:43 say what!!!!!!???

  • @johnny58689
    @johnny58689 Місяць тому

    What is the plant with the tiawan lily at 9:40?

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  Місяць тому

      Riccia Flutians

    • @johnny58689
      @johnny58689 Місяць тому

      @@LRBaquatics Tyvm! It just looks a wee bit different than the other shot was hard to tell

  • @forsak3th
    @forsak3th 3 роки тому

    10:35 All you need to know 😂

  • @sunilnirwana2131
    @sunilnirwana2131 3 роки тому

    My plants leaves invaded by brown algae. How to get rid of them?

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  3 роки тому +1

      Very common with new tanks. More plants smaller more frequent water changes. Also if you have plants that you got somewhere where they were grown out of water as they transition and die it really draws and feeds the diatom brown algae.

  • @acsone3546
    @acsone3546 2 роки тому

    What is your hardness

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  2 роки тому

      It depends what tank have had them in all sorts or hardness nothing under 100 but as high as 400+

  • @tompatterson5453
    @tompatterson5453 3 роки тому

    Ovalis.

  • @dollin9515
    @dollin9515 3 роки тому

    The way you pronounce rotala ( roh- tall- a) really annoys me but it doesnt matter much lol
    Good video displaying the different plants.

  • @mossyart6435
    @mossyart6435 3 роки тому

    You forget water sprite

  • @acsone3546
    @acsone3546 2 роки тому

    None of these plants will work emersed like that unless you have like 90% humidity tho

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  2 роки тому

      Actually my humidity stays around 50%

  • @tamerkesenkas1645
    @tamerkesenkas1645 6 місяців тому

    Everything is a floating plant if you are brave enough apparently

  • @ankitpatel5813
    @ankitpatel5813 2 роки тому

    What steroids do you add to your tanks?..... asking for a friend...

    • @LRBaquatics
      @LRBaquatics  2 роки тому

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