Nano planted tanks are my favorite! My personal top favorites that I've had a lot of success with (no CO2, low/med light) is: 1- java fern needle leaf 2- java fern windelov 3- crypt wendtii bronze 4- crypt parva 5- hydrocotyle leucocephala (brazilian pennywort) 6- hydrocotyle tripartita japan (dwarf pennywort) 7 - s.repens The pennywort was my absolute favorite, both of them. They like to float, so I got a tiny suction cup with a clip and attached them low in the back and the sides and covered the cup with a bit of substrate and a few rocks. I wrapped a few strands around the spider wood that was in there, too.
I liked your idea for giant hairgrass as a background plant so much that I tried it myself in my 20 long. I love the way it looks and need to get more. Also, WOOOO dwarf sag. 🙌
I ordered some Marimo moss balls while I was out of town, and my mom put 2 in my convict cichlid tank. They tore one apart and basically buried the other one. That was about a month ago, I have the two recovering moss balls in a breeding net hanging from the side of a 29 gallon guppy tank, they certainly can take some abuse, so long as you can roll them back into a ball shape I guess.
Bucephalandra, I have several different ones. Ranunculus In. Is one of my favorites that I don't see toi many people use. Would love to see more nano vids. Instead of big aquariums I have a lot of smaller ones. 14 ranging from 5 gallon to 40 gallon. I like all planted also. Good video.
Really Enjoyed this video, i've watched about 25 Tropica layout videos and none of them are nearly as good as this one for information at least. So nice to hear what you can actually do with a plant (not just a slow mo of a plant in an aquarium) would love to see more videos on this subject or maybe a little bigger aquariums.
Hee hee hee! 😊 I definitely have the bad habit of buying plants I like rather than ones that are the appropriate size for my tank! I have a 10 gallon tank. Probably my favorite plant that I have in there is a Madagascar lace plant. It is a really unusual looking plants and I love it, but it is really NOT suitable for a 10 gallon. It really should be in a much larger tank. That being said, it has already flowered a few times and I have only had it for maybe 4 months. Also, it sends up new leaves all the time, so I guess it's happy. My favorite plant that I didn't want is the banana plant. I was turned off by the "bananas." I'm really happy I got one, though, because it is absolutely gorgeous and it adds color to the tank. For me, any Anubias is a good bet because they are so sturdy and hardy. Apparently I have magic water, because my Anubias plants all grow fairly quickly! My tank is totally low tech.
Rotala indica does well in my 6 gallon nano as a background plant,just gotta keep up with the trimming and close replanting....and won't melt if excel is dosed like Val does.
Super video. It gave me some food for thought. I've not really considered these plants, and it's great to know your favourites. My top 5: anubias nana, cardemine lyrata, cryptocoryne crispatula, Limnobium laevigatum, Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides. But I do see the value in moss - i'm just not counting them in.
Hi, awesome tips man. Can you please make a video explaining how to propagate plants. It all propagate the same way so few tips on how to do it will be great. Thanks
The Marimo moss balls are actually algae not moss, the cool thing about it is they suck up everything algae sucks up so to a small extent it’s also an algae inhibitor, but it grows incredibly slow and pretty much stays in the ball unless you smash it into the gravel.
@@JS-0- ah so its just the monte carlo thats not doing good There's always that ONE plant that we can't keep alive; i cant keep Any Moss alive 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
I tried dwarf hairgrass and it died off at first so I tried to take it out, and then 2 sprouts grew back up and it looked like crap because I pulled the rest out. If you buy it(not in water) it will seem to die out and grow back
In my low tech nano aquarium i have Sagittaria subulata, Staurogyne and Monte carlo. The Sagittaria and Staurogyne are doing very good while Monte carlo barely survive. I would not recommend Monte carlo to beginers.
bacopa is awesome i feel like it could be used as a background plant and its easy to propagate and i get what you mean with appropriate size i bought an amazon sword for a five gallon and it filled up the tank in a few months
Very helpful. Thank you. Was searching for small plants for a 10 gallon tank & everything was just "plants for beginners" & still listed big plants. 😒 anyway, this was nice. Another video on the subject would be good
Tiny piece of anubius nana petite is $14 iin my area in Australia. $14×10 plants =$140. Marimo moss ball $32. Monte carlo $15. Red Tiger lotus $27 to $50. Contortion val $$8 to$15. These are all tiny.
Will you do a video on how you aquascaped that cube behind you? I have the same tank and would like to achieve the same result with the plants growing out of the top and all.
Can I use weeping or Christmas or java moss in a sealed terrarium onto ada Amazon substrate to carpet during months ahead of planting the tank and cycle submerge etc etc?
Very interesting video. I am begging a fist tank....I want to know if the is a plant that Helo to consume ammonia from the aquarium? I have some problem with my very first cycle and I wonder in I can use a plant to help reduce ammonia while my cycle starts. Thanks
hey dude i love ur videos.i have an asta 20 in a 40 litre planted nano.its my first proper planted tank .Im just curious wat ur photperiod is on it and what u are dosing
Micro sword, rotundifolia linderna are a few nice ones but please lets do another video because i will butcher the names lol. Hygro pinatifida is a good one also.
Loved all your suggestions and tried to purchase them on your website H2O but they were all out of stock on everything, which is probably a good thing for you. So I purchased them on another site. 😢😪😖
I sseriously have no idea what to put in the background of my 10 gallon. I keep buying plants finding out that they will get huge and then I have to put it in my 75. I'm running out of room in my 75 lol.
I'd suggest eco complete and root tabs. It's great because it does come with nutrients so it doesnt mess with your water parameters, but it is great at storing nutrients because of it's high CEC. Also it's not too expensive only $20 on amazon and free shipping. One bag is enough to do a 10 gallon that's what I did
In my 10 gallon tank, I like crinum calamistratum. My betta really likes it! He races around the stems and like to push them. Mine isn't hiding anything, but it does provide a tall branching plant that doesn't block out any light to the other plants. It slow growing and doesn't really require any maintenance. However, planting it was a pain in the rear, and I have to be super careful during water changes to not uproot it. I've had it in sand with root tabs and aquarium soil and it did great either way!
Red tiger lotuses get pretty big, the leaves can be palm sized! I'd substitute it with the dwarf lily instead, which stays a lot smaller, with leaves around 3 inches!
Moss balls don't do well in water over 60 degrees. Marimo or moss balls in the wild are only found in icy water in Iceland, Scotland, Estonia, and Japan. I had 12 moss balls in 10 years and they always ended up looking like a rug covered with algae a few months later. Moss balls are not hardy and they need cold water to do well. Moss balls are algae magnets unless you have a machine to roll them 24-7 in cold water in low light.
I tried to clean that black mark on your wall off my screen!
Same
Me too !
O read ur comment , saw it, thought it was a spec on my screen too. I should have known that's what u were talking about lmao.
Lol after you mentioned it, me to 😂
i did the same thing after reading your comment 😐
Nano planted tanks are my favorite! My personal top favorites that I've had a lot of success with (no CO2, low/med light) is:
1- java fern needle leaf
2- java fern windelov
3- crypt wendtii bronze
4- crypt parva
5- hydrocotyle leucocephala (brazilian pennywort)
6- hydrocotyle tripartita japan (dwarf pennywort)
7 - s.repens
The pennywort was my absolute favorite, both of them. They like to float, so I got a tiny suction cup with a clip and attached them low in the back and the sides and covered the cup with a bit of substrate and a few rocks. I wrapped a few strands around the spider wood that was in there, too.
I hate crypts mine always melt and don't grow back even with aquasoil
Definitely do a Part Two!
YES, haven't had an aquarium for a very long time, and didn't have live plants, but want to do a planted tank, with maybe a 20 gal.
Drink every time he says Anubis instead of Anubias
See you in the ER!
Challenge excepted
😆
I really wish you'd put the names of the plants on the screen as you're speaking about them.
I liked your idea for giant hairgrass as a background plant so much that I tried it myself in my 20 long. I love the way it looks and need to get more.
Also, WOOOO dwarf sag. 🙌
Please do another video of background plants
I ordered some Marimo moss balls while I was out of town, and my mom put 2 in my convict cichlid tank. They tore one apart and basically buried the other one. That was about a month ago, I have the two recovering moss balls in a breeding net hanging from the side of a 29 gallon guppy tank, they certainly can take some abuse, so long as you can roll them back into a ball shape I guess.
Bucephalandra, I have several different ones. Ranunculus In. Is one of my favorites that I don't see toi many people use. Would love to see more nano vids. Instead of big aquariums I have a lot of smaller ones. 14 ranging from 5 gallon to 40 gallon. I like all planted also. Good video.
Really Enjoyed this video, i've watched about 25 Tropica layout videos and none of them are nearly as good as this one for information at least. So nice to hear what you can actually do with a plant (not just a slow mo of a plant in an aquarium) would love to see more videos on this subject or maybe a little bigger aquariums.
Definitely a part 2 please!
Hee hee hee! 😊 I definitely have the bad habit of buying plants I like rather than ones that are the appropriate size for my tank! I have a 10 gallon tank. Probably my favorite plant that I have in there is a Madagascar lace plant. It is a really unusual looking plants and I love it, but it is really NOT suitable for a 10 gallon. It really should be in a much larger tank. That being said, it has already flowered a few times and I have only had it for maybe 4 months. Also, it sends up new leaves all the time, so I guess it's happy. My favorite plant that I didn't want is the banana plant. I was turned off by the "bananas." I'm really happy I got one, though, because it is absolutely gorgeous and it adds color to the tank. For me, any Anubias is a good bet because they are so sturdy and hardy. Apparently I have magic water, because my Anubias plants all grow fairly quickly! My tank is totally low tech.
Rotala indica does well in my 6 gallon nano as a background plant,just gotta keep up with the trimming and close replanting....and won't melt if excel is dosed like Val does.
Thanks for this video... It helped me so much with me starting a nano tank...
Maybe it would be handy if you listed the names of the plants you mention. The translation in UA-cam is not very good when it comes to those names. 😊
Please do a part 2 of top 5 nano plants. 😊 Need more suggestions.
Good video. Please do a part 2!
Super video. It gave me some food for thought. I've not really considered these plants, and it's great to know your favourites. My top 5: anubias nana, cardemine lyrata, cryptocoryne crispatula, Limnobium laevigatum, Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides. But I do see the value in moss - i'm just not counting them in.
I like using rotola indica as a background plant in my nanos. I use fluval stratum & liquid ferts and it grows like crazy.
Can you make a video for medium sized plants that can go in a 40 gallon but wont overgrow the whole tank?
Part two and thank you! I’ve been stuck🤪
Hi, awesome tips man.
Can you please make a video explaining how to propagate plants. It all propagate the same way so few tips on how to do it will be great.
Thanks
The Marimo moss balls are actually algae not moss, the cool thing about it is they suck up everything algae sucks up so to a small extent it’s also an algae inhibitor, but it grows incredibly slow and pretty much stays in the ball unless you smash it into the gravel.
does your beard require c02 coz mine doesnt grow :)
Very informative video... what do you think about Bamboo... Water Bamboo (Equisetum) in an Aquarium..?
Do you think these same plants will work in a5 gallon? I’m looking for a part ll 🙂
I love how Monte Carlo looks but it always dies on me
Soil that contains a lot of nutrients(e.g: tropica soil,ADA AMAZONIA OR contro) and medium to high light 👌
Or
Fertilizer and medium light
@@yashveeraudit idk not worth it right now. My other plants are doing good with co2 & fertz and just to switch it up for monte carlo eh
@@JS-0- ah so its just the monte carlo thats not doing good
There's always that ONE plant that we can't keep alive; i cant keep Any Moss alive 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
I tried dwarf hairgrass and it died off at first so I tried to take it out, and then 2 sprouts grew back up and it looked like crap because I pulled the rest out. If you buy it(not in water) it will seem to die out and grow back
All in all I forgot to add this into the comment, I would think the same of the monte carlo.
In my low tech nano aquarium i have Sagittaria subulata, Staurogyne and Monte carlo.
The Sagittaria and Staurogyne are doing very good while Monte carlo barely survive.
I would not recommend Monte carlo to beginers.
I like your show...YES do part two.
bacopa is awesome i feel like it could be used as a background plant and its easy to propagate and i get what you mean with appropriate size i bought an amazon sword for a five gallon and it filled up the tank in a few months
Very helpful. Thank you. Was searching for small plants for a 10 gallon tank & everything was just "plants for beginners" & still listed big plants. 😒 anyway, this was nice. Another video on the subject would be good
yes part2 please
Tiny piece of anubius nana petite is $14 iin my area in Australia. $14×10 plants =$140. Marimo moss ball $32. Monte carlo $15. Red Tiger lotus $27 to $50. Contortion val $$8 to$15. These are all tiny.
I like your videos. They're short and sweet and packed full of info thank you for putting these out!
My favourites are:
Java fern
Rotala (rotundifolia or wallichi)
Anubias nana petite
Bacopa monnieri
Any type of moss
Will you do a video on how you aquascaped that cube behind you? I have the same tank and would like to achieve the same result with the plants growing out of the top and all.
This would be a lot more useful if the list was typed out in the description or something.
Can I use weeping or Christmas or java moss in a sealed terrarium onto ada Amazon substrate to carpet during months ahead of planting the tank and cycle submerge etc etc?
Crypt wendtii are beautiful in nano tanks
Great stuff
How about hairgrass dwarf, anubias petite for foreground ? cabomba and rotala Hra for background?
Very interesting video. I am begging a fist tank....I want to know if the is a plant that Helo to consume ammonia from the aquarium? I have some problem with my very first cycle and I wonder in I can use a plant to help reduce ammonia while my cycle starts. Thanks
Hornwort or water lettuce.
You really need to hang a print on the wall behind your left shoulder.
hey dude i love ur videos.i have an asta 20 in a 40 litre planted nano.its my first proper planted tank .Im just curious wat ur photperiod is on it and what u are dosing
Can I attach Monte Carlo to a rock?? Or just substrate...
Micro sword, rotundifolia linderna are a few nice ones but please lets do another video because i will butcher the names lol. Hygro pinatifida is a good one also.
Loved all your suggestions and tried to purchase them on your website H2O but they were all out of stock on everything, which is probably a good thing for you. So I purchased them on another site. 😢😪😖
I sseriously have no idea what to put in the background of my 10 gallon. I keep buying plants finding out that they will get huge and then I have to put it in my 75. I'm running out of room in my 75 lol.
will they all grow from the same substrate? if so, what would you recommend? new to planted tanks by the way. building a 5 gallon nano
I'd suggest eco complete and root tabs. It's great because it does come with nutrients so it doesnt mess with your water parameters, but it is great at storing nutrients because of it's high CEC. Also it's not too expensive only $20 on amazon and free shipping. One bag is enough to do a 10 gallon that's what I did
What is the best plant light for a 3 gal nano tank?
Any recommendations for 85*f stable plants. Need to add some stuff to my ram breeding tank.
In my 10 gallon tank, I like crinum calamistratum. My betta really likes it! He races around the stems and like to push them. Mine isn't hiding anything, but it does provide a tall branching plant that doesn't block out any light to the other plants. It slow growing and doesn't really require any maintenance. However, planting it was a pain in the rear, and I have to be super careful during water changes to not uproot it. I've had it in sand with root tabs and aquarium soil and it did great either way!
im a big fan of crypts
That website is so kinda pricey. But great video 👍
Oh wow I was asking lrb about this 😂😂
What’s a good floating plant for a 5 gallon nano tank
Look into frogbit or duckweed! Also red root floaters
whats a good light to buy
Red tiger lotuses get pretty big, the leaves can be palm sized! I'd substitute it with the dwarf lily instead, which stays a lot smaller, with leaves around 3 inches!
Where did you get the No rim aquarium?
Moss balls don't do well in water over 60 degrees.
Marimo or moss balls in the wild are only found in icy water in Iceland, Scotland, Estonia, and Japan.
I had 12 moss balls in 10 years and they always ended up looking like a rug covered with algae a few months later.
Moss balls are not hardy and they need cold water to do well. Moss balls are algae magnets unless you have a machine to roll them 24-7 in cold water in low light.
Hmm... Really? I haven't heard that before. I'll have to consider this then... 🤔
maybe because a marimo moss ball is actually an algae?
I have Java Fern in all of my tanks.
Is it wrong to love hornwort?
I really liked mine but it shed needles everywhere probably because I didnt trim it and the bottom died off
Bucephalandra didn't make the list😣
Love everything but the moss balls. God I hate those things
Ar mini is one plant I thought would stay small lol yeah right those things turn to monsters
AGENTSIXTY9 mine are almost 12” tall now after only two months or so
What is your full name
E-man is his name
My apple snail kept eating all the carpeting plants I tried so i had to give up for now 🐌
Natural lawn mower 😅
Wow.. like your head you say?! that's seriously huge 😁
Option Master that’s pretty fucked up bruh 😑
@@AGENTSIXTY9 I agree...but it's like that only 'cause it's true.. otherwise would be stupid
i wish jake paul was like you
💝☺💝
Marimo moss balls are made of Algae btw...
Can Monte Carlo be attached to rocks and driftwood without any soil?
Need fertilizer
i've seen them used for "trees" just strung to the wood with floss/fine fishline
first
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