What Substrate for a Planted Aquarium? Plants 101
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
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I talk about all different types of substrate for a planted aquarium. Ada Soil, Eco Complete, Flourite, Dirted tanks etc.
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0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Quick facts about substrates
2:21 - Why would you want a plant substrate?
4:34 - Resting substrate
6:30 - Aquarium gravel
7:06 - Fine sand
7:40 - Ecocomplete substrate
8:47 - Flourite substrate
9:55 - Minerals
12:36 - What substrate for YOUR planted aquarium?
17:38 - Outro
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*Part 4, Cycling your planted aquarium.* ua-cam.com/video/guT1GKJ7jIo/v-deo.html
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.
Could you update this video, I think hobby has more stuff out now
My man literally said cation like "Caysion". It's Cat-ion as in Cation excha ge capacity- soil scientist
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!
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'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!
CheshireKat same!😭
same for me atm
Yep. I bought ecocomplete and in about to cancel my order. What did you settle with?
I think you should just start with not rooted plants as beginners plants so you just use liquid based nutrients
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
I feel like I just took a class ...u provided so much information . Thank you
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.
I'm glad, I figure if I put it in enough analogies eventually it'll reach everyone :)
subbed - learned more in this video about substrates than my entire 2 months of prep for my first planted tank..im HOOKED
Cory is the man.
And I came here expecting simple sand vs gravel
dmcepeda my kind ... Haha
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.
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 make the best aquarium videos hands down. Very in depth and comprehensive
You are one of my favorite aquarium youtubers... you have such a friendly tone... Thanks for sharing!
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!
love the rated "f" for fish nerds! Thank you Cory for all your help and info!
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.
Yep you can definitely build a low tech tank around fish poop ;)
Devin Loewer gross
@@TallThingy well, that's nature for ya!!! Lol
ILTD5580 lol
@@TallThingy it's the one tangible free thing we get in this hobby.
Thanks, Cory, for making me 'think' about my substrate. You are GREAT to listen to. A fount of knowledge. I am a BIG fan!!! :)
Gatoraid, it's what plants crave.
Welcome to Aquarium Co-Op. I love you.
It's got electrolytes!?!
Really?? Wow!! So do you just get a cup and put in Gatorade and and a plant?
@@AquariumCoop you like money? I like money.. we should hang out. maybe get a "starbucks"
Great "Idiocracy" reference! LOL :-)
Thank you for this video! Coming from a beginner, I love that you put everything in layman's terms!!
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!!
Thanks for covering pretty much the entire spectrum, Corey. I knew I could count on you. Cheers. :)
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.
Maggie Brayton what mix did you use?
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.
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.
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...
+Anthony Ragan yeah sounds like you got a first hand example of root vs water column feeders going on.
Well said Cory. Very balanced overview for us beginners.
Thanks for all the information, as a beginner it helped me out a lot!
This channel is like a good physics teacher. It doesn't teaches you what to do, it teaches how to think about aquariums.
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!
yea try the close captions its even worst lol >_
I just cant get over how Amazing your videos are!! So much great information. Youre constantly answering all my qs. Thank you so much!!! 😀😀😀
Glad you're finding value in our videos :)
As someone who is just getting into the hobby this is most beneficial. Thank you!
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!!
great video with a ton of info. Thanks for this, friend!
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.
I was worried I got the wrong thing I got eco complete
Don't you often have to trim plants, or remove some organic matter/duckweed, so it's decreasing the minerals?
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.
By far best video on aquarium substrates. Finally someone uses common sense and speaks understandably.
Thank you for taking the time to EXPLAIN! I am new to the hobby and I have learned so much from your videos :)
+skinsgirl3 glad I could help ya.
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.
This actually makes for a good podcast to listen to while working
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.
Wow! So much information.
Thank you!
Thank you. Because I came across you on UA-cam one day, I am enjoying this hobby. Thank you for being a fountain of information. Your videos helped my get through the pandemic 👍🏼✌🏽
Great ,We like your videos it has help us so much.....keep it up they are great .THANKS AGAIN Brad
This was very helpful. Thank you :)
This video is so informative, Thank you!
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.
Thanks for info pal. Helped me out alot to deside that medium I need for my planted tank setyp I'm building for my vampire crabs
Thanks cory, this really help me to understand my tank
Glad to help :)
Longduck Dong how do you go about mixing them?
can you perhaps post a link or guide? very interested
Dark Knight MGTOW You've gotten quite a bit of the wrong information. You must be a little confused.
Love your videos man, now I can improve my 10gal betta tank
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...
+Julius Toledo yeah, I really hope to explore the way I keep aquariums in the coming year.
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.
I have sand substrate and my plants are doing amazing and growing like crazy with root tabs
I have the opposite after 7 months.
Great video, going to set up a tank with your advice now
A refreshingly informative presentation. Thanks for not just pushing a brand of substrate. 👍
All you need is dirt covered with sand but your not suppose to know that.
This was probably the most helpful vid on substrate ever
Great video 👍 thanks for sharing!
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this was very useful information! thank you
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
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.
great knowledge. thanks
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!
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
This is very enlighting. I like it very much
Awesome info, Thank you
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.
watch out, Cory's doing algebra.
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.
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
Super informative, thank you!
very educational. thank you!!
thank you for the helpful video.
love the background ty for the help!!
Great advice. Thanks
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.
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 😎👍🏻
MrsBrownsAquaria what substrates do you use?
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
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.
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!
Great video and just as great 5th time round. Jane Sth Australia
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!
You have to research plants individually unfortunately. No comprehensive guide that I can find :(
This video is a real eye opener. You got a nee sub buddy.
Welcome aboard
Play this at 1.5 Speed
Yes he is so slow
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
No offense for the guy but thanks for this comment. 😁😁😁
Even the movement of fishes looks more normal at 1.5x
Pro tip
thank you so much for this video!
Great video. 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.
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!
Thanks for the vids!! What are your opinions on Monte Carlo?
Great video! Thanks
Most informative soil advice.. ;-).
a very good insight!
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
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. ; )
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it.
Just about to finish up watching the series. Thank you for sharing. ; )
I am so happy i watched this whole vid and didn't skip around. At first I was looking for a product recommendation but by the end of your video I now feel confident finding the correct substrate and what suits me and my water! BTW I live in Texas :) and am about to test my water and see just how hard it is.
Very. And same.
I watch this video every few months.
This time was ALSO revealing
I have got Red soil from Nagpur. Local nursery guy gave me about 12 litres from three pots where the plants had died during transport.
2 kilograms of Fluval and 3 litres of Platinum substrate to top it up.
My 2x1.6x2 feet aquarium shall be set up tomorrow, after having upgraded from my present 1.5x1x1 planted one.
#PlantedAquariumRocks!
Fantastic vid 😃😃😃
Thank you I learned a lot from this video 👍👍
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.
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.
Yeah, basically any gravel will work. Just read other's comments about how they are having success with normal gravel.
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
Thanks for the video.... new to your channel.....
Question... what is/are the best type of gravel and plants to have in a cichlid tank....my tank is 100 gallons.... that I have yet to set up....
Thanks
I've done dirt with gravel cap for 6 years now in 7 aquarium's and love it. Never need co2 or anything
Same here. Red soil from Nagpur. Local nursery guy gave me 3 pots, about 12 litres.
2 kilograms of Fluval soil and 3 litres of Platinum substrate to top it up.
My 2x1.6x2 feet aquarium shall be set up tomorrow, after having upgraded from my present 1.5x1x1 planted one.
Great advice thumbs up!!
Glad you enjoyed it.