Thanks so much to h2oplants.com/ for sponsoring the plants for this video! If you haven't checked them out they have a great plant and dry good selection! Thank you all for the support! ✌🙂🙏
I have done a few dirted tanks and never thought of putting the capping substrate around the perimeter. Great idea will be doing that on my next setup!
It’ll be interesting to see how these dirted tanks do long term vs aquarium soil. I don’t see many people doing them these days, so please keep us updated and keep it planted!
For sure man! I'm only using it because it's cheap easy and I can do escapes more often so they won't be setup longer than 6 months so plan to see a new scape here every frmew months haha
Who wouldn't want that in their house? 😍 29g is the perfect "limited space" tank imo. Kinda tall so you choose more plants, and enough volume to allow a lot of action if you want. Hope you give us an update in a couple months bro!
It’s beautiful I love it! I’ve been watching your work for awhile now and you’re inspiring! You just keep getting better and better at aquascaping too. I hope to create something just as beautiful some day. I’ll be doing my first dirted tank soon. Keep up the good work!
Amazing effort with this tank and beautiful choice of fish, well done. The composition came together when you added the rocks beneath the overhanging driftwood, to mirror its shape and shadow. Not sure about the 'dirted' element of the tank, as if one was too accidentally disturb the sand too much it may ruin the aesthetics and nutritional balance of the tank altogether. Stunning work Jay!
Excellent! This is pretty similar to how I set up dirted tanks. However, I don't add root tabs and mix manure into the dirt mix. You can also add bi-carb if you have soft water. You will never need to fertilize the water column.
I want the flow to push everything to the right while not pushing the plants around too much. Plus its literally right up against the wall so my filter won't fit there. It's on the outside of the cabinet so I can put the pipes on the side instead of seeing them come up the back. Lots of reason for where they are. Haha
Jay you make everything looks so easy. Beautiful scape. Do you get any leaching of excessive nutrients from the soil and the osmocote? I am always worried about that.
Haha thank you do much! I get leaching from using potting mix but not from top soil. I wanted to use mainly topsoil for this tank but didn't bake enough so I through in the potting mix. The osmocote plus takes a long time to break down. It's supposed to last a solid 6-8 months according to the Scott's website. Use sand as a cap instead of gravel to minimize leaching it really helps! Thank you so much!
@@ThePlantedTankTV would a 25 pound bag of sand be enough to do that to a 29 gallon? Would Kellogg Garden Organics natural organic raised bed and potting mix be ok for this? Would the Osmocote affect the fish? Instead of Seachem Flourish root tabs, would Aquarium Co-op's easy green root tabs do just as well or better?
I used normal potting soil on my 55 gallon and it worked no fish died fish and were breeding. But I did have to put it in a tub with water to separate that wood and the styrofoam. Had some loss with soil but was free for me
Been watching your videos are you putting the fish in right away? If so are you doing anything special or just letting it run due to the high plantage?
@@ThePlantedTankTV ah nice. Im about to set up a 100cm long tank. I'm deciding between ordering several pieces of River wood or Redmoor root. (won't be able to see the pieces since I'm ordering online) I have grey round rocks already and want to use sand in the front. Which wood would you go with if you were me?
You HAVE to have it. If you you dont cap the dirt, you will have the biggest mess you've ever seen in your aquarium the second you go to fill it with water. ✌🙂
@@ThePlantedTankTV so its just for convenience when filling ? Could you just put a plate down in the tank when filling to not stir it up? I only ask cause the sand is not as dark as I want the substrate to be. I could buy the black sand but it's more cost up front in money I could be spending on plants . Many thanks to you👌✌️
@@curtismurphy7792 No I mean the dirt floats. Like you HAVE to put the sand or your tanks water will be completely dark and never clear up. The sand is to hold down the dirt. Put dirt in the bottom of a cup then fill it with water. No matter how you fill it, it will never stop being the biggest mess ever. haha
Yes the sand cap is essential for the function of the fitted tank. Without a good cap your dirt will just deep into the water column and make the water murky.
This was beautiful!!! This tank is amazing. First video I’ve watched from you and I fell in love. I have a pretty small 10gal tank as of now but I’ll be getting a 30gal in a few days. I’ve always been very into planted aquariums so I wanna give the plants in this new one a good start. What kind of soil would you recommend? I live in Mexico so my options are incredibly limited or what other tips do you have for a successful planted aquarium? Thank you in advance!
Lovely ..is that golden pennywort> I just purchased a plant from Bunnings (hardware, plants) store but it’s a pond plant and hasn’t been grown as submersible, I’m still hoping it works out ok in my tank. I’m going to try attaching it to a small piece of spider wood that will serve as an add on to my large branch type piece and look as though it’s all one. Let you know how it goes.
Hey Jay, just need to know... Are you seeing growth in your plants? I purchased this light and was wondering whether this gives off enough of a PAR value for low-light plants?
I’ve been researching and looking into doing my very first aquarium. A 29 gallon is perfect size for my space. I wanna do a betta planted tank with non aggressive non fin nipping fish to later go in with it. I want something that looks nice and is very low tech and low maintenance. Is this a good way to go? Anything helps! Thank you.
@@ThePlantedTankTV I was thinking about putting root tabs and osmocote plus pellets in the bottom of my tank and putting a few inches of pool filter sand on top and trying to grow plants in it... I know the plants probably wouldnt thrive but do you think they would do okay and grow?
Thanks so much to h2oplants.com/ for sponsoring the plants for this video!
If you haven't checked them out they have a great plant and dry good selection!
Thank you all for the support! ✌🙂🙏
Type of white sand did you wash it before it goes in to aquarium or straight from bag
Can you list the fish you have in there? Specifically the schooling fish with the black fins?
@@tiffanyapag those are black phantom tetras! They are awesome fish! Definitely gotta get a big group of them though or they get feisty. lol
These are my favorite kinds of videos. Step by step, each one detailed, and just well put together. Thank you for this masterpiece!
Thank you! For watching it! ✌😍
Gotta love it
Beautiful and peaceful! It opens up the possibility of doing something nice with an affordable size tank.
Absolutely! It's a great size of tank!
I have done a few dirted tanks and never thought of putting the capping substrate around the perimeter. Great idea will be doing that on my next setup!
Haha I got The idea from Regis Aquatics! Check em out! Great videos! ✌🙂🙏🙏🙏
Maybe it's just me but I like to see the dirt part. Just to see what's going on down there.
@@zelphernide5758 I dont like to see the dirt. Lol
Do you use Seachem excel
It’ll be interesting to see how these dirted tanks do long term vs aquarium soil. I don’t see many people doing them these days, so please keep us updated and keep it planted!
For sure man! I'm only using it because it's cheap easy and I can do escapes more often so they won't be setup longer than 6 months so plan to see a new scape here every frmew months haha
I used dirt out of the ground and didn't even cap it. Worked fine
black phantom tetras are so pretty
Yeah I love them! 🙏😍
Awesome! I just bought a 5.5 gallon tank yesterday and I’m going to try a planted tank with some tetras and shrimp. I’m so exited :)
Nice! New stuff is always a blast!
Toss in 6 huge boulders and a tree trunk that hangs out the top and you'll be a Master
damn Jay, those tetras look so nice in there. I can't quite describe what it is about this layout but I really am loving it.
I know I love them! They seem to love it also! ✌🙂 Thanks for all the support brother!
I'm about 4 months in on my first dirted tank, and I love it. A lot of your tanks inspired me.
That is awesome! Thank you so much! ✌🙂
Came out awesome. Nice easy plants and great time lapse. Relaxing bro
Das sind wirklich phantastische Aquarien, die du da hast. Du beweist sehr viel Geschmack und Können bei der Einrichtung! Respekt!
Loved the video!!! Needed this after a rough day at work. Just got done with 3 water changes myself. 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
Nice Thanks Terry! 🙏🙏🙏
Looks great man! Thanks for inspiring me in this hobby. Just set up my first tank!
Nice! That's what it's all about man! Thank you! ✌🙂
Who wouldn't want that in their house? 😍 29g is the perfect "limited space" tank imo. Kinda tall so you choose more plants, and enough volume to allow a lot of action if you want. Hope you give us an update in a couple months bro!
For sure! I love the size of this tank it's perfect! I was missing it so I have to set it up again haha
It’s beautiful I love it! I’ve been watching your work for awhile now and you’re inspiring! You just keep getting better and better at aquascaping too. I hope to create something just as beautiful some day. I’ll be doing my first dirted tank soon. Keep up the good work!
simplicity goes a long way
Yes it does!
Beautiful
🙏🙏
Amazing effort with this tank and beautiful choice of fish, well done. The composition came together when you added the rocks beneath the overhanging driftwood, to mirror its shape and shadow. Not sure about the 'dirted' element of the tank, as if one was too accidentally disturb the sand too much it may ruin the aesthetics and nutritional balance of the tank altogether. Stunning work Jay!
Looks great mate. Just so simple & clean👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 be good to watch this tank progress👍🏻
For sure! Thanks brother!
Nice scape. Love the way u planted it. 👍🍄🌿
Thank you! I can't wait to see it fill in! It has a lot of growing to do!
@@ThePlantedTankTV it'll look great when it does! 🍀🌿
Thanks for the new video so beautifull congratulations from Portugal
Thank you so much friend! ✌🙏
Lovely scape
I like the video format as well
Thank you so much Marcie! ✌🙂🙏
This tank is very inspiring! Thanks for the share!
Awesome thank you so much man! ✌🙂🙏🙏🙏
Beautiful setup...u r genius... driftwood looks amazing and plants are fabulous...moss looks great... beautiful tank.
Awesome thank you so much! ✌🙂🙏
omg....LOVE this vid and especially the music. it gives me goosebumps just to watch and listen
Beautiful as always.
Thank you Tasha!
First time watching. I absolutely love it!
Thank you! 🙏✌️😀
Excellent! This is pretty similar to how I set up dirted tanks. However, I don't add root tabs and mix manure into the dirt mix. You can also add bi-carb if you have soft water. You will never need to fertilize the water column.
Stunning , just beautiful
Thank you so much! ✌🙂
This is so nice.
✌😍🙏
If I ever get another tank I’ll just pay you to make it for me😂 your tanks always end up looking neat!
Hahaha Where do you live? 🤣
The Planted Tank Texas haha
Love your videos bro! You have some serious vision when it comes to putting these things together
Thanks man! It all comes with time! I've set up a ton of tanks! Practice practice! ✌🙂
Great looking set-up. Looks like it lends itself to have to outflow pipe on the other side ? Beautiful tank good job.
I want the flow to push everything to the right while not pushing the plants around too much. Plus its literally right up against the wall so my filter won't fit there. It's on the outside of the cabinet so I can put the pipes on the side instead of seeing them come up the back. Lots of reason for where they are. Haha
Beautiful tank setup and fish collection
And my question whiteout root tablets not groth this plants
Thank you! I like to add as many nutrients to the substrate as possible. Just to guarantee plant success. Nutrients never hurt anything haha
@@ThePlantedTankTV very good ❤️👍👌🌹💐💐💐
Jay you make everything looks so easy. Beautiful scape. Do you get any leaching of excessive nutrients from the soil and the osmocote? I am always worried about that.
Haha thank you do much! I get leaching from using potting mix but not from top soil. I wanted to use mainly topsoil for this tank but didn't bake enough so I through in the potting mix. The osmocote plus takes a long time to break down. It's supposed to last a solid 6-8 months according to the Scott's website. Use sand as a cap instead of gravel to minimize leaching it really helps! Thank you so much!
@@ThePlantedTankTV would a 25 pound bag of sand be enough to do that to a 29 gallon? Would Kellogg Garden Organics natural organic raised bed and potting mix be ok for this? Would the Osmocote affect the fish? Instead of Seachem Flourish root tabs, would Aquarium Co-op's easy green root tabs do just as well or better?
I used normal potting soil on my 55 gallon and it worked no fish died fish and were breeding. But I did have to put it in a tub with water to separate that wood and the styrofoam. Had some loss with soil but was free for me
They both work great but top soil is simply a far better option in my opinion ✌🙂
that is nice!! which one is easier for no co2 dirt tank ,Ludwigia SP Red or Ludwigia Repens Rubin
Absolutely beautiful !
Your vids are great fish keeping means alot to me so great job
my friend, do you fertilize your tanks with the water column? Regards
Been watching your videos are you putting the fish in right away? If so are you doing anything special or just letting it run due to the high plantage?
What sand are you using? Is it standard Pool Sand rinsed through?
Tanks are awesome and going ot make a Beta Sorority in this type of tank.
What sand is that?
Pool filter sand! By HTH.
You have a good eye for scaping. :) Do you do art, design, or anything else creative outside of the aquarium hobby?
I used to draw a lot but now I draw with aquariums haha. I also like to build cars! ✌🤣
@@ThePlantedTankTV I knew it! I can tell when people are naturally creative. Artist myself :) All your tanks are cohesive and have a good flow to them
@@FuriedHearts nice! And thanks man! I still have a lot to learn though. Just having a lot of fun with this right now!
those are bleeding heart tetras?
Black phantom tetras! 🥰
Was that a George Farmer red colender you used to fill the tank? 😁
Absolutely!
Great setup! I have something similar and this is giving me some inspiration. What did you put for the back of the tank that looks “misted”?
Beautiful! Quick question, since this was a non CO2 tank, what was the glass piece on the right side?
Those are my inflow and outflow for my canister filter! ✌🙂🙏
Amazing set up but what if you wanted to uproot some plants. Wouldnt dirt came out ? Thats my only concern about dirted tanks.
Do you still fertilize the water column?
In my dirted tanks no! But you absolutely can! Just make sure your dirt has finished leaching nutrients first!
That's a nice bit of wood you have. It looks like a mossy underwater tree branch. Pretty cool! Do you know what type of wood it is?
Haha thank you! It is red Moore root aka spider wood.
@@ThePlantedTankTV ah nice. Im about to set up a 100cm long tank. I'm deciding between ordering several pieces of River wood or Redmoor root. (won't be able to see the pieces since I'm ordering online) I have grey round rocks already and want to use sand in the front. Which wood would you go with if you were me?
Is the sand cap just for looks or is there a reason for it?
You HAVE to have it. If you you dont cap the dirt, you will have the biggest mess you've ever seen in your aquarium the second you go to fill it with water. ✌🙂
@@ThePlantedTankTV so its just for convenience when filling ? Could you just put a plate down in the tank when filling to not stir it up? I only ask cause the sand is not as dark as I want the substrate to be. I could buy the black sand but it's more cost up front in money I could be spending on plants . Many thanks to you👌✌️
@@curtismurphy7792 No I mean the dirt floats. Like you HAVE to put the sand or your tanks water will be completely dark and never clear up. The sand is to hold down the dirt. Put dirt in the bottom of a cup then fill it with water. No matter how you fill it, it will never stop being the biggest mess ever. haha
Yes the sand cap is essential for the function of the fitted tank. Without a good cap your dirt will just deep into the water column and make the water murky.
This was beautiful!!! This tank is amazing. First video I’ve watched from you and I fell in love. I have a pretty small 10gal tank as of now but I’ll be getting a 30gal in a few days. I’ve always been very into planted aquariums so I wanna give the plants in this new one a good start. What kind of soil would you recommend? I live in Mexico so my options are incredibly limited or what other tips do you have for a successful planted aquarium? Thank you in advance!
And would adding some type of soil affect pH? Cause I also plan on adding shrimp to it
Lovely ..is that golden pennywort> I just purchased a plant from Bunnings (hardware, plants) store but it’s a pond plant and hasn’t been grown as submersible, I’m still hoping it works out ok in my tank. I’m going to try attaching it to a small piece of spider wood that will serve as an add on to my large branch type piece and look as though it’s all one. Let you know how it goes.
🥰❤️❤️🥰Love it
Thank you! ✌🙂🥰
Heyyy... Awesome tank... My tank too looks same as yors❤️🔥🔥🔥
very biutiful tank
5:15, what does the glass pipe do? Beautiful tanks ❤️
What wood is that. I like the way this looks and wanna do something similar
Its red Moore root. Aka spider wood. 🙂🙏
Just wondering, can I cap aqua soil with sand?
Hey Jay, just need to know...
Are you seeing growth in your plants? I purchased this light and was wondering whether this gives off enough of a PAR value for low-light plants?
Should I add a heater
that is called walstad's method i guess.
Nope. Walstad method doesn't use filtration and uses gravel not sand. Lol
Should I use osmocote and seachem root tans if I am using only miracle grow potting mix? Or is this too much nutrients?
I’ve been researching and looking into doing my very first aquarium. A 29 gallon is perfect size for my space. I wanna do a betta planted tank with non aggressive non fin nipping fish to later go in with it. I want something that looks nice and is very low tech and low maintenance. Is this a good way to go? Anything helps! Thank you.
What kind of dirt is that
Everything is in the description! 👌
Is that play sand
Sir, what’s the size of the tank?
What light are you using?
I was using a very old outdated finnex led don’t recommend it at all lol
How much sand?
How is that a 29 gallon tank? I'm tiny and even waist high I don't have to stick that much of my arm in.
Idk what to tell you. Maybe you are just huge lol
@@ThePlantedTankTV 5'0 is huge...mkay
@@pheenobarbidoll2016 it’s 29 gallons you can take it or leave it lady lol
what aquarium brand is that?
Pool filter sand?
Yep! Pretty common if you are trying to save money
@@ThePlantedTankTV I was thinking about putting root tabs and osmocote plus pellets in the bottom of my tank and putting a few inches of pool filter sand on top and trying to grow plants in it... I know the plants probably wouldnt thrive but do you think they would do okay and grow?
?
Dimension of tank?
What fish is that?
Fish list for this tank?
can i know the dimensions of your tank?
It's just a standard 29 gallon. 30x12x18 inches
Tank size?
NON Co2??????
Yep! ✌😍
The music made this impossible to watch
Good for you bud! 👍 60,000 other people didn't have a problem.
@@ThePlantedTankTV or they just muted it
@@Troll_Spanker lol ok.