HOW TO: Use AQUA SOIL / Plant Substrate PROPERLY
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The fish in the beginning has a beutiful voice
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Have been watching tons of videos and finally someone explains what to actually DO! Praise be!
Thank you for the helpful information and images of what happens with not using a sand or covering over the soil.
Wow... So very well explained, even a layman can understand your narrative... Thank You very much for this video 🥰💖
Super informative thank you! im very excited to get my fighter fish but want to make sure his home is perfect and balanced. Very new to the fishing world but im loving learning!
How's your fisch doing?
4:30 I got some new plants recently and every morning so far, I wake up to see them floating at the top of the tank. My kuhli loaches keep digging them up xc
This was helpful, thank you!
Great advice! I'm going to go get some Sand, cause I'm having the same problems with Green and Brown hair algae.
I really appreciated this video, thank you!
Very informative. Thank you
Very informative thanks for the video
izabella can i take one of my canister filters off one of 90 gallon tanks and put in a new 90 gallon tank with aqua soil and 2 inch layer of sand on top. i use 2 fluval 407s on all of my 90 gallon discus tanks. will this make my tanks safe for fish right away, with all the bacteria in the filter, i use biohome ultra in all my filters. thanks joe h navy seabee. i always have spare fluval 407s .
Really lucky to see this now, I ws gonna put aqua soil on top of sand according to what the aquarium guys said
I have duckweed it helps control algae by absorbing any untakrn nutrients instead of the algae getting it
Hi so I purchased CaribSea eco complete black substrate full of nutrients and was going to put Cain sea aragonite white sand on top but reading warning on eco-complete it says not to use a carbonate substrate with it but aragonite says carbon carbonate as 1 of the ingredients. Is this a not ok to have in same tank?
Hi If I add a layer of aqua soil under my established cycled gravel will that be safe for my fish. I've heard you get high spikes with the aqua soil?
Now I understand my last tank and why I gave up 10 years ago. Now trying to understand more before I fill the tank. Thank you
I have a tank with fish already, and i want to add the soil. I don’t have another tank to place the fish in for a whole month. What should i do? Should i remove the fish every once in a month while i set the soil by section over the months? (for example half a cup of soil per month) so the change in perimeters won’t be drastic?
I’m slowly growing plants all over my aqua soil and have a seachem gravel at the front for decoration
I just set up a tank with a inch and half of aquasoil in the back and less in the front. I covered with about an inch of gravel, does this work instead of sand? Or will I have issues?
Can i put soil without planting? Is that okay? Also im cycling a new tank that i want to plant out do i put the soil while its cycling or wait until i buy the plants online?
How deep of this product would you think is good ? Also is the sand covering a option or do you think it's necessary. Thanks izabella for sharing. 👍👍👍
1.2 inch or deeper in the back and yes necessary 💯 of you'll end up with disaster like my client
i have fluval stratum in its bag, and it says to not combine with other substrates...
but, i can cap it with fine gravel?
What type of fish is that with the orange and yellow horizontal strip on top the black stripe down it's body called? Beautiful looking fish. What's it called?
i’ve already got an established aquarium but i did just have sand which i’ve realised i hate now so i’m planning to change it all over to the aqua soil in hope that this doesn’t kill my plants too, can i not keep my fish in there whilst i do this? thanks :)
hi mam, i have carpeting plants and would like to cover my aquarium with them. where will i plant the plants. will i plant them on the aqua soil then cover them with sand or cover the aqua soil with sand then plant them on the sand. please help me. thank you
But…
What if the aquarium is already cycled? And had fish on it? And you just want to out a potted plant with aqua soil? Is that good? Or is that bad as well? Does it still need time for it process?
Great video!
Izabella is the Dian Fossey of Fish & Aquariums.
What do you think about using aquasoil with bottom filter?
Hello, how many years does this tank function until the plants inside start to look unhealthy? Thank you.
Idk if im lucky or not but ever since i added aqua soil to the tank 2 years ago, not once was there any algea overgrowth
Do I need to clean the aquasoil like rinse it first?
Hi all, this video is so useful. We are setting up our tank according to this. Thanks
@Izabella AquaZone
I have one query though, which fish is the one shown at 1:17 ?
Red line rasboras I think
I'm confused on what to do..
I started my tank up with Black Gravel 1st.
Now I Have 14dollars worth of Samurai Soil I Want to put around The Bases of All my Plants... I'm rinsing it 1st..But now I'm hesitant to put it in my tank..
Really like my fish and dont want to start over.. is there a way I can make this work?
Your information very helpful for us aspeginar and safe us late of money, Thanks.
Great info
Thank you, so much!
Haha, my first time using the aqua soil was a luck after all, i bought aqua soil to make mountain like hardscape and make a river in the middle, then i have bala shark in that tank, and this bala shark nade the aqua soil mixed in the river which is white sand, and end up frustrated and i remove all the rocks and mixed all of the sand and aquasoil together, and also i bought more sand to make it looks like the bottom of the river in my tank
And not to mention that i added fish right after i am done setting up my aquarium with aqua soil haha, but none of them died
Thanks for the nice vedio I am beingner to planted aquariums i want to low tec plants at least for now .
I have new aquarium
I was planning to add dennerle soil and on top i wanted to cover it with gravel . But at the shop they told me is better to use only dennerle deponit mix 10 in 1 and cover it with gravel so can you please tell me your opinion . Thanks
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Yes please, I’m interested as well.
is it okay to use pebbles instead of sand?
What kind of sand should I use?
Hi how many gallons can i use for 2 liters substrate?
Nice video.
I have a question, when cleaning the tank (actually a bowl) with this type of soil how should I do that? When adding new water whole turn in the black. Do I need to add water gently?
Gently always
@@AquazoneQC will it clear up?
@@Tony-ry2um every substrate will always clear up eventually if you got good filtration/don't keep disturbing the substrate
@@skrimper thanks but that was a little two late 💀
Very helpful advice 🤓
Thank you !
Thanks!!😊
Hello should i add an airpump while waiting in 1-2months?
I'm struggling with mine 2 months in.... lol. My sponge filter is constantly clouded with black kick back from my fishes and just looking at my sponge filter stresses me out when i can see the black particles all over it lol.
That substate can't be exposed, even in nature there always layers of clay and sand over it
Can I put something else other than sand ?/I don't like sand
Everytime I add water the water turns black. Like not just Cloudy but I mean really dark. Can someone help me.
Thank you 👍👍👍
wow excellent
What kind of sand to get? Will Pool filter sand work?
Pool filter sand and blasting sand are both perfectly safe. Just be sure to rinse them thoroughly beforehand.
I use stone chips and it's going great
After how many days I can add fish for planted aquarium chromosoil
Do i have to wasch the soil Out?
Good video 😍
Could you put aquasoil then flulval stratum and then sand on top?
If you want
first time using aquasoil it lowered ph from 8 to 5, I didn't expect this, nothing can live in this water. so iam trying now to replace water many times per day to flush it.
Just cover it with sand, done deal :)
How thick should the aqua scape be and how thick should the sand be?
Equal parts or a bit more sand but that's just the goal to convert the substrate completely b
do i need to layer something after the aquasoil?
Always best layer with sand
thx
thanks 👍👍👍
Can't I have carpeting plants planted in the sand ?
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If you want to build height in your tank, can you then use gravel at the bottom, then soil on top of that, and then sand as the final top layer? - And... Will it work?
Yes it might you and also use bio filter media ( i didn't try personally) or gravel as it will be little cheaper but you have to cover the top of soil with fine sand .
Sorry if this is a silly question, but do you have to replace aquasoil after a few years (as all the nutrients get used up)? If you had a full carpeted tank with plants, how do you do that? Thanks so much! :)
It depends on soil you use and plants you
Use . If you got heavy root Feeders like Amazon swords or crypto then you might have to change the soil more frequently or you can use root tabs.
And don't try to add new soil when water and fishes are in the tank .
Word on the street is don't cap your aqua soil and then your liquid fertilizers or fish and food waste recharge your aqua soil with nutrients. The moment you cap it with finely packed sand, the soil loosed that ability which is one of its main benefits.
How thick the aquasoil should be?
Depends on type of plant and roots
why would u put sand ontop of the soil? then the fishes poop wont come down to the gravel and make nutrients for the plants. weird
So that the soil doesn't come in contact with water, preventing algae from growing
How many inches of sand on top do I need?
2
How deep aquasoil and how deep sand?
2-3 inch
Can i use 2 different brands of aquasoil?
Yes
@@AquazoneQC tnx
BBA is down to too much light.. has nothing to do with soil substrate!
Monte Carlo won't grow through the sand?
Grow will grow anywhere but needs nutrients of earth based substrates
i've used ada amazonia for many years now. never had this kind of issues. I also had planted tank with sand on top of the aqua soil, it still works perfectly for me. So for me it works both ways. Algae can be cause by many reasons, for me the ada soil is not one of them.
You probably diligently water chnage and maintenance the aquarium. Most put the soil and water change a few months later ...
@@AquazoneQC months later! Who does water changes months later ☠️
@@ObscuraAbyssus no one lol
I meant for my Live plants
Is it ok to use tap water?
Yes
@@AquazoneQC thanks ma'am!
Thanks for explaining, I do have a question though; does adding sand on top of Aquasoil prevent the water from getting that murky look?
Exactly..never leave it exposed, you'll end up with lots of algae
@@AquazoneQC Thank you very much
How deep does your substrate have to be polite plants can you add new substrate to your existing gravel tank
As deep as possible and multiple layers of different medias
Est-ce que tu as fait ce video parce que je t'ai contacté à ce sujet il y a 2 mois? lol Merci en tout cas mon problème est réglé!
😆 c'est un problème très commun
1:17 bless you.
tips: 1. ADA recommends filter that can filter the whole amount of water in 15 minutes. that means the whole water is to be filtered 4 times in an hour.
2. Use biological filter media to reduce ammonia and increase beneficial bacteria who helps to reduce ammonia too.
3. use recommended light with recommended kelvin. they say for a new tank 6 hours of light is enough. but you have keep close eye on the algae growth.
THis are the few points we must keep in mind if we are beginners. there are so many advice, these are very few among those.
you're friend may be using a wrong kelvin light or she were not aware of the algae growth as black beard algae is the worst type of algae and happens if you're totally ignorant.
Tell her to use a ADA BIO RIO media. That will mean a lot to her aquarium. It is an one time investment for your beloved plants.
Happy aquaplanting :)
Honestly, I don’t think color temperature has anything to do with the of problem at all. Plants really don’t care all that much, we are mostly buying better lights to please our eyes. Unless we are talking sea tanks and corals, freshwater aquariums can thrive under mere Edison’s bulbs.
To me, this tank has an obvious issue: it’s a soiled tank with little to no vegetation. Exposed soil, that is! You know, it actually is in a good shape for what it is, I am surprised it did not turn into a spirulina farm considering the soil is unused and exposed.. After all, the only purpose of soil substrate is to feed plants with nutrients. It’s supposed to be heavily planted. If there is not enough consumption, algae will inevitably take care of the excess. And that’s actually good, without algae these nutrients will actually reach concentration high enough to poison fish. Most algae species are not threatening fish, they are just ugly and compete with plants, so this is why we fight it. Here we have what? 5-6 stems? That really won’t cut it! Sure, there can be more issues which aggravate the problem, like co2/nitrate/phosphate balance being waaaaay of Redfield, photoperiod being too long or intensity too high, maybe pH/GH/KH being wrong, who knows. And yes, color temperature might be far from ideal too, assuming that ideal even exists. Chances are though, it’s all of that because exposed soil derails anything without almost no plants whatsoever. This is why the author covered it and the situation improved. Now it looks like good old old-school tank. Modest, sure, but it’s more healthy. Plant more plants, and the situation will improve further, does not even have to be ADA style, might as well try low-tech Walstad. Ideal color temperature does not really matter here. It’s won’t solve any issues here and I am sorry, but I find that advice outright misleading.
Speaking of ideal color temperatures. You know, color temperature in kelvins is a very brief and simplified way to describe light. Waaay too simplified.In the reality it kinda does not exist. Each light source has own specific spectrum, you might purchase RGBW LED strip and program it to produce light matching the temperature of an Edison’s lightbulb, but they will have fundamentally different spectrums. This is why you can have two different lights with the same temperature, which can identically illuminate white sheet of paper, but play very differently on green and red plants, colorful fish, ect. Or human skin and clothes, this is why photographers care about good light sources. Or paints, this is why museums and art galleries try to purchase the best lights available. This is why a cheapo fixture is cheapo and expensive ADA light is expensive - first one uses regular mass produced source which might be crap, and the second one is using specifically chosen source which is know for good looks and healthy growth. But color temperature alone does not cut it.
There are more ways to describe that, like CRI for instance tries to match a spectrum with some kind of reference, so a 100% CRI light source will match the ref and idk, 70% CRI will be obviously far from it. But again, that’s a brief and simple way to describe a really complex thing. Which does not really matter for plants in most cases.
You see, even things as harsh as sodium lamps were successfully used in vertical farming. That’s an industry of growing plants indoors! You might say they are being discontinued, that’s true, but the reason they came out of fashion has nothing to do with the properties of light they produce, it’s the waste heat and power inefficiency which makes them outdated. Plants don’t care it’s harsh sodium lamp.
Sure, some species are more sensitive towards specific wavelengths, different ways of photosynthesis exist, that affects both plants and algae, this is why some users of programmable LED strips might want to experiment with what they have, but that has nothing to do with color temperature, you are altering the spectrum, and there is no such thing as constant color temperature in nature, it always fluctuates. Cloudy day? It’s colder. Sunny day? It’s warmer. Sunrise or sunset? It goes all over the place. Color temperature in a shade of a tree can be substantially different from that under direct sunlight, can even have a green or cyan tint to it. Also keep in mind that natural bodies of water are rarely crystal clear, some environments are actually rather murky, and that too substantially changes properties of light for both aquatic plants and algae. And each change will alter the spectrum in own way. I won’t completely disregard the importance of light properties, it can still affect how plants grow, especially the red ones. And it’s important for species with very precise cycle, like corals. But that definitely does not look like the cause of an issue here. There are definitely much bigger problems which need fixing, something which a light source, massive filter and bacteria supplements won’t fix no matter how good they are. That’s exposed nutritious substrate without any noteworthy consumption. And as we see, merely covering the substrate with inert sand improved things a lot. You don’t need ADA products for that. Plant more, and you’ll get even better situation. This tank is very far from what ADA is doing, so the majority of their recommendations do not really apply here.
I mean, ADA is doing good work, and their recommendations are all true, but they all exist in context of ADA tank, and they usually boil down to “use our amazing ADA products”. Which is understandable, they are a company after all, but not every beginner is willing to buy that. They are usually beyond the point of diminishing returns. Also, everyone’s mileage may vary because certain things may not be beneficial for some tanks, especially if they deviate form ADA guidelines a lot of do not follow them at all. ADA is good for the beginners with money and ability to follow all their recommendations, step by step, by the book, from day one. It’s like Amano-sama himself is walking you through the process. ADA also is good for the people with their own established experience who know they are doing. You know, for the mature aquarium keepers. Lots of ADA products are better than alternatives.
But for somebody in between, well, that may not be so good. Especially in case of a beginner who is not equipped with knowledge to set priorities properly and does not follow the procedure either. The procedure exists for a reason, and unless the person knows what’s going on, an unlikely situation for a beginner, things can go sideways. Set the priorities wrong, and that will further aggravate the problem, to the point one can throw a fortune at ADA and still end up being disappointed because they are buying the most marked product, not necessarily the product they really need.
I just bought it now, planted the plants and fish directly ... I didn't put sand on it
It make the water black and 1 fish dead and other fish's get sick
Told ya... Cover it with sans ;)
Sand
@@AquazoneQC I don't have sand, I was thinking it was a sand before I bought it :(
@@salamfrienax7261 You can use gravel on top if you don't want sand. It holds the dirt down
@@haileymills864 thank you. but I take it out, because I bought it by mistake :D
I thought it was good quality sand
I dont even have a layer on top of aquasoil
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Thanks for saving my ass before I set up an entire 10 gallon tank
Not enough plants for that size aquarium. Plant more and there will be less waste nutrients
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Then after a month all your sand(being smaller grains than the aqua soil) have sunk down into your substrate. No need to cap. Just don’t be lazy and go your maintenance.
Agreed. I learn from trial an error.
I NEVER ever put sand on soil. lolol
First layer with tropica substrate then put soil over it.
Then you need to load the tank with plants.
I've had more success when my tanks are filled with plants.
From this video I see one of the problems is there is barely any plants in the tank.
I load my tanks with plants especially with this kind of substrate.
Plants are doing good, but i'm waiting for my co2 system to arrive because I want to see if co2 really enhances the plants in my tank.
Soil Substrate is not for beginners unless you are willing to be patient and understand that there will be stages of failure before you get it right.
Im making a lot of mistakes, but I am learning a lot of the science of a planted aquarium.
Its not an overnight magic pill for flourishing plants.
I have 5 tanks and one of them is sitting right in front of my computer desk in the middle of the room and that is the tank I do all my testing and gathering of information to get my balance right before I set up in my larger tank.
This video is still ok for beginners learning the basics.
cheers
@@phoenix063071 can I do it like half corner of the ground is sand and the other half is aquasoil? Then I would only plant on the aquasoil?
@@gabriella8173 definitely you can do that. The method of putting anything on the soil is not something I would ever recommend.
Especially if you ever want to change your tank and remove soil, you'll never be able to salvage the soil once the sand blends in with it. However I do separate substrate. I built one of my plant tank where I put natural stones substrate in middle of the tank flowing to the back of tank and then on either side of that I put soil. Nice layout.
Enjoy !!
@@phoenix063071 so exposed aquasoil (no other agregates on top) is fine as long as I'm deligent in water change as recommended from the comment above to avoid too much algae right? Can I put algae eater snail right away or should I wait for weeks? I just don't want to put so much chemicals so I would go for snails to eat the algae.
@@gabriella8173 Me personally I never put any substrate on top or under my soil. The only thing I do is I take a few flourish tabs and crush it in to a fine powder and sprinkle on bottom of tank before adding in the soil. Also when you add the soil do not rinse it. Put it in dry. Never rinse the soil. There is alot of debates whether to put substrate on the soil, but I do what works for me. Also as I said, if I ever want to switch tanks, I can take soil out and not worry of it being mixed with anything in it.
And I've tried testing that method and I found that putting substrate on top of the soil crushes the soil down after time in to a mud and compacts it and leaves it with no proper circulation in the soil bedding.
This is my own personal observation though and I didn't like it. If you are putting plants, then spray the soil first to make it wet then put your plants and add water slowly.
If you put the soil then add water and try to add the plants, you'll have a hot mess.
Or you can do what I did which is called a dry start.
This is the method where you set the tank up with the soil and whatever hardscape you want and plant your plants in the soil with the water level under the soil line.
In other words, just keep the soil wet but not puddled with water.
Keep the top of tank sealed with saran wrap and run the lights for 14 hours a day for a few weeks until plant anchors their roots in the soil.
This is a cool method because you need to do no co2, no water changes, no heaters nothing.
Once a day I open the saran wrap to let the air in the tank and then I mist plants with a water bottle.
Once I seal it, the condensation self waters the plants.
that's
And when you are ready to finally add water and set filters up, the plants wont uproot itself from the soil because they have strengthen themselves in the soil during the dry start period. As for water changes, I do 3 times a week water change only 1/4 tank. very fast and small changes. No matter what you will encounter algae. However, you can keep the algae from getting out of hand by keeping the lighting to 6 or 7 hours a day in the start up. Watch how you fert your tank and position of tank for example if its by the window then you will have issues. But important is the water changes and trimming your plants.
And when you do your water changes do not touch the soil. You can hover your siphon above the soil to suck up loose debris, but do not touch the soil.
I'm not a fan of snails because they multiply in your tank and its hard to get rid of them, but they are harmless to plant. And only a few are good at algae cleanup.
I use amano shrimp and cherry shrimp. And octocinclus. And me personally, I added them right away. This method is frowned upon, but I have no issues with it. You can have the most well established tank on the planet and when you add livestock to it, they can still die. So I just make sure to prep my tank and add the stock in. And do my disciplined water changes to maintain good water quality.
well uh t didnt know what she was doing bruh
Your dog barking scared the shit out of me
I can’t deal with the pretend UA-cam Disney voice.
gaaaaaa, what? no cant be? theirs no Guinea pigs. you sound like her but your not. for a second i thought i was listening to little adventures. apparently not lol
Wasted time