The Hard Water Planted Aquarium & Everything You Want To Know!

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  • Опубліковано 11 гру 2015
  • In this video I talked about how to properly maintain a hard water Aquascape. A lot of freshwater plants come from hard water areas. When you have a hard water Aquascape you need to dose more micronutrients and potassium. A lot of plans can actually grow in hard water more than most people realize. Currently I run all of my tanks with local hard water which is extremely hard. Thanks for watching remember to keep your sleeves wet and always Aquascape.
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  • @AussieAquatic
    @AussieAquatic 8 років тому +46

    This is the BEST aquarium video I have ever seen Dave.

  • @sirbreakemstuff
    @sirbreakemstuff 5 років тому +18

    after almost 4 years, still the best video on hardwater planted tanks!

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  2 роки тому +1

      Things are nuts right now. Have to operate my business and it takes up time. I may have to get something cooking though

  • @adamcenteno6155
    @adamcenteno6155 2 роки тому +2

    Man. This guy is so knowledgeable. I’ve never heard anyone pronounce the name of plants and fishes as easily as he has done.

  • @trhoward7
    @trhoward7 8 років тому +2

    Dude, great video. I'm probably going to have to watch this line 12 more times to memorize all this content. I actually just bought my gory batch of plants and planted a 20 gal for fun. So... I'm gona really need this info as I go along. Thanks for the great video and advice!

  • @marissazerod3629
    @marissazerod3629 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much, I haven't been able to find much information about growing plants in hard water! This helps a lot.

  • @beyondaquaticdesign7307
    @beyondaquaticdesign7307 8 років тому +4

    DAMN Dave ALWAYS on top just can't explain how good overall your videos are every-thing! PERFECT

  • @jasondevine3011
    @jasondevine3011 6 років тому

    Beginner to the hobby here - your videos are the best I've found on youtube, super informative, but still clear enough to follow if you're not armed with years of experience. Subscribed for more, thanks!

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  6 років тому

      Thanks glad you like the channel! Have fun scaping.

  • @tropicaltankuk1332
    @tropicaltankuk1332 8 років тому +1

    This tank is really lovely! great job!

  • @damionmarkham9835
    @damionmarkham9835 8 років тому +6

    thank you Dave ,my water is liquid rock too and I'm just getting in to aquarium plants

  • @lelanidixon7941
    @lelanidixon7941 8 років тому +6

    This is a really helpful video for those of us with hard water. I subscribe to the theory that it is better to be consistent than to strive to have soft water, so I live with the hard water and have been successful with many of the plants and fish you mentioned, though I don't have any cichlids. I prefer nano fish and so do have several rasbora species. Thanks again!

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому +2

      +Lelani Dixon Thanks for watching. Glad the video helped you out.

  • @Jster36
    @Jster36 7 років тому +2

    Thank you so much for this very informative video. I was ready to give up onmy planted tank, but will continue to try with the help of the info you provide in your videos. Your tanks are beautiful.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +1

      Jeremy Leffler yeah keep it up. A lot of it has to do with good flow, circulation, and filtration. Aiding in good O2 levels. Your hob filter probably does add a good amount of O2. You may still need additional flow more so for circulation around the tank. And keeping the environment stable through weekly maintenance.

  • @Les-OZZYTHEOSCAR
    @Les-OZZYTHEOSCAR 8 років тому +1

    Another quality video Dave. I have hard water , and I have found that dwarf sag is doing pretty well in there, along with the cryps and anubias :)

  • @aquanovice3113
    @aquanovice3113 8 років тому +1

    Very informative video. Thanks for sharing :)

  • @yenyaoming
    @yenyaoming 8 років тому +1

    Nice informative video as usual. The footage on this video is impressive.

  • @DukesAquaristikexperimente
    @DukesAquaristikexperimente 8 років тому +3

    Really interesting facts about hard water aquarium.

  • @Jonathan-rc2ud
    @Jonathan-rc2ud 8 років тому

    Wow this video is crazy good. Thank you so much!

  • @713blackout
    @713blackout 8 років тому +2

    That plant tank is badass!!

  • @pittbully13
    @pittbully13 8 років тому +1

    Great quality video. Information and picture.

  • @paulsampugnaro6919
    @paulsampugnaro6919 7 років тому +2

    Recently became a sub and thank you for the information. I live in Las Vegas I know liquid rock. looking forward to more videos and will check out more older ones. plants another story for another time but finally starting to find Balance and Potass is key. took me long enough

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +1

      Paul Sampugnaro thanks for watching. glad I could help out. have fun with your aquarium

  • @Buttercupsz
    @Buttercupsz 6 років тому

    I really like this video, it gave me some ideas on what to do with my tank that has had hard water ever since I've started my planted tank out I've tried almost everything except RO water is a little too pricey for me so I am now growing hard water plants and keeping hard water fish!

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  6 років тому

      Glad you liked it and thanks for watching. I know I went a little fast near the end of the video. Glad it helped.

  • @ChrisLocke1969
    @ChrisLocke1969 8 років тому +4

    excellent video - 5 stars!! While all those scientific /latin names boggle my mind, it's great to know them and hear them pronounced effortlessly! And thanks for always slipping in the common retail names, as well! ;-)

  • @kimmorankm
    @kimmorankm 3 роки тому

    I'm just starting out in the fish keeping hobby. I have a 20 gal long. My tap water is well water & super hard water(gH^, kH^, pH^). The only types of plants I have in my tank are Java fern & Amazon swords. The Java fern is doing really well I even have some baby ferns growing from the main plant. My swords r hanging in there. I have the fluval aqua soil for my substrate and a couple of Mopai driftwood pieces. I fertilize once a week maybe every 2 with Seachem Flourish. A week ago I added 6 zebra danios (2 have since past) & 3 black racer nerite snails. I want to add a few more fish to my tank but I don't want to kill any fish bc of my hard water & high pH. This video is so helpful and has given me some good ideas. Thanks so much for posting this!

  • @outdoor-explorer
    @outdoor-explorer 7 років тому +2

    just subbed, thank you for taking the time to make these great videos. they have helped alot....

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +1

      no problem, and thanks for watching. Should have the 3 aquascaping hacks video up this week.

  • @eyadjamus7126
    @eyadjamus7126 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for this video. I have very hard water and was wondering which plants were suitable.

  • @Methodical2
    @Methodical2 8 років тому +8

    The shrimp in the foreground took a dump at 3:00. Cool-haha!

  • @patriciakloeppel9863
    @patriciakloeppel9863 6 років тому +1

    the best in depth video iv seen more more

  • @mountainhobbit1971
    @mountainhobbit1971 7 років тому

    thank you....this does help a lot...my water is pretty much the exact same here in Taos, NM. So far my java fern and moss are growing well...as long as my marsilea hirsuta. I did add in a dirt substrate capped with ant hill gravel and I also added some sagebrush sticks. so far so good! I am still deciding on fish or anything else...I thought snails would do fine also.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +1

      Glad it helped man. Yeah the soil will definitely help to acidify the substrate and water, so that will work really well. And just dose liquid fertilizers and you should be fine. Went with the Sage? I hope it works out. Let me know how it goes. Thanks for watching. peace

  • @briansfishtanks
    @briansfishtanks 8 років тому +1

    Another great video. I've got liquid rock where I live too.

  • @memories808
    @memories808 7 років тому +3

    our water is also "liquid rock" with 9ph 18 dGH 9 KH. I wanted to have a planted tank way back when I started out. I went and got some anubias nana's, java moss, corkscrew vals and finally some ambulia. On top of that I went and chose rocks because I liked the way they looked... I later realized they were the kind of rocks that leech carbonates into the water... so you can guess what direction this tank was taking LOL. So what I'm saying is that I can only confirm all your shared experience/knowledge . so Thanks Dave

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +1

      Memories haha, hard water can be fun and doable. Can sometimes just take longer to mature.

  • @najkstory5380
    @najkstory5380 8 років тому +1

    your videos are really helpful thanks!

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому

      +Najkstory FishFever Glad you like them and thanks for watching.

  • @taniaoro-hahn8639
    @taniaoro-hahn8639 7 років тому

    fantastic video. I have hard water as well. Had great success with Vals, anubias as well and others but I am starting a new tank soon and have been rethinking the new tank.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому

      Thanks! Glad you liked the video. Yeah success can be had in hard water.

  • @ivoryqueen7000
    @ivoryqueen7000 8 років тому +1

    Great video! !

  • @lazarus822
    @lazarus822 8 років тому

    That was awesome! Thank you.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому

      +Cameron Herrington No problem. Have a NEW scape coming, and will get the video out tomorrow, so stay tuned... Thanks for watching.

  • @daniellawrence9229
    @daniellawrence9229 5 років тому

    Awesome video

  • @arteemus
    @arteemus 5 років тому

    There was a little too much chemistry in this for my comprehension, but I appreciated the tips on fish and plant species for hard water. I have moderately hard water (Missouri), and have found hornwort, cryptocoryne, and subwassertang grow like weeds in my tanks; anubias, bacopa, and bucephalandra also do well.

  • @aimanechouhaibi7397
    @aimanechouhaibi7397 8 років тому +2

    thank you again for this video keep upp that good work

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому +1

      +Aimane Chouhaibi Thanks for watching. I have a NEW epic scape coming, should have the video up tomorrow, so stay tuned... I have a feeling you are going to like it. I am loving it.

    • @aimanechouhaibi7397
      @aimanechouhaibi7397 8 років тому +2

      sure i cant wait haha thank you :)

  • @mikeglock2071
    @mikeglock2071 8 років тому +2

    i just found this channel. this channel is great!👍👍👍👍👍

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому

      +Mike Glock Thanks for watching. Let me know if you have any questions.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому

      +Mike Glock Thanks for watching. Let me know if you have any questions.

  • @agnediciuniene9861
    @agnediciuniene9861 4 роки тому +4

    When I started my first planted tank, I didn't know that aquarium water is supposed to be Ro or something. I just figured that if I can grow plants on my window sill, they will grow in water too. And that was what happened. I was pulling out a bucket of plants every weekend. Then I couldn't have an aquarium for several years but I read a lot of stuff. Now I know much more but somehow starting my new aquarium is much more difficult. Either these new plants are different (previous ones I bought from a person who had his aquariums for 4 decades and now new ones came from shop and were imported) or there is something different in the water. Also in my old aquarium substrate was granite gravel and how I have some soil. Well, I will see how it goes.

  • @AussieAquatic
    @AussieAquatic 8 років тому +2

    Excellent stuff.

    • @AussieAquatic
      @AussieAquatic 4 роки тому

      Dave, I know you've retired your channel, and maybe you don't have a tank running at the moment.
      BUT, consider doing the odd interview video with people local, or even internationals.
      Your thoughts, questions and answers would be valuable and appreciated. Hope you are well buddy. Stay healthy 😊

  • @PurelyAquatic
    @PurelyAquatic 8 років тому +2

    great info. My water is hard as well.

  • @mrchinaski4125
    @mrchinaski4125 7 років тому +2

    You've helped so many aquascapiers, you should have a donate now button.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +1

      Derek Goes Thanks, I used the, but no one donated. I could try it again. Thanks for watching!!

  • @FishBehindGlass
    @FishBehindGlass 8 років тому +2

    Great vid. Those tanks look incredible. I've been trying new plants. You know... branching out. 😐

    • @TrunkMonkey3000
      @TrunkMonkey3000 8 років тому +3

      Pun police here. We're going to let you go this time, but you'd better watch out.

    • @TrunkMonkey3000
      @TrunkMonkey3000 8 років тому +1

      And I've also been trying new plants as well. I really like the dwarf hair grass it looks beautiful :)
      I just never clip it shorter... I probably should

  • @erick6102
    @erick6102 7 років тому +1

    I'm new to your channel. Great info. I really love the science you bring to most of your videos. I was wondering what you recommend for a hard water low tech carpeting/ ground cover type plant? I was looking at dwarf sag, but I was wondering what else you'd recommend

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  6 років тому

      dwarf sag or Monte Carlo will both work well. Especially if you use soil or aquasoil.

  • @vinishshetty8055
    @vinishshetty8055 7 років тому +3

    nice info man really liked your aquascape.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +1

      Thanks! Glad you liked the video man.

    • @vinishshetty8055
      @vinishshetty8055 7 років тому

      I want to buy some moss you use in your aquascaping, where I live (INDIA) I don't have much choice have you any idea where I can buy some internationally?

    • @ViewThis.
      @ViewThis. 7 років тому +1

      Maybe Amazon. com will ship you some? Clik this link:
      If not, try to google your question and find sellers that will ship to you.
      www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=java+moss+live+plant+for+aquarium&tag=mh0b-20&index=aps&hvadid=14307266752&hvqmt=b&hvbmt=bb&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_zvvey7o29_b ...................................................

    • @davidbryant88
      @davidbryant88 7 років тому +1

      vinish shetty jacobsaquarium.com he has videos on UA-cam as well. If he is sold out keep checking back.

  • @Xxkilluminati91xX
    @Xxkilluminati91xX 8 років тому +1

    Awesome video man! Your glossostigma carpet looks amazing. I've been experimenting with it lately with moderate success. Do you have any advice on how to make glosso happy?

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому

      +Xxkilluminati91xX More light the lower it will grow.

  • @emmitstewart1921
    @emmitstewart1921 8 років тому +5

    I have hard water here, too, About 365 ppm, so I use reverse Osmosis. But rather than use pure reverse osmosis, I put about a pint of tap water in a gallon jug and then fill it up with R.O. The reason I do that is because Calcium and Magnesium are necessary nutrients, so I keep some in for the good of my plants. Then I dose with flourish to help replace the trace element that are scarce in hard water. So far I've had pretty good success. I'm growing Crypt Balansae, crypt Wendtii, Rotala rotundifolia. Alternanthera Reinecki mini, Hygro bipinnatifida, Madagascar lace, dwarf sag, and Pogostemon Helferi. I've just added Crypt undulata, Mayaca fluvialis, and Alternanthera Reinecki rosanervig, but those are too new to say whether they are successful. ... I agree with you about trying out a lot of different plants, keeping those that work, and throwing out those that don't. Often, what grows for my neighbor won't grow for me, and what everyone says shouldn't grow in my water grows like a weed for me. You never really know until you try it for yourself.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому +1

      +Emmit Stewart I used to do that too, but now I just add exactly what I need to my RO water. Thanks for watching.

    • @Tigress-fh9ko
      @Tigress-fh9ko 2 роки тому

      @@ADUAquascaping do you have a video on how to do that. I mix my Ro/well. My Ro is my drinking water and I can get a gallon or so before it has to refill. I get a 1/2 bucket of well water (around 20gh ) and add the Ro. I keep it w a bubbler and heater so it’s ready to use for WC (5 tanks)
      I mix it at 8 gh and add botanicals to my tanks. Figured most fish can deal w that (shrimp and snails) as well

  • @mbiraside
    @mbiraside 7 років тому +3

    This was a good video for me. Just starting out. Got one small tank, soon to have another and a 30gal. Main focus is scaping but of course i've started to love the fish, especially clean up crews. Am trying to stay away from RO but bought one just in case. Good to hear about the ,now familiar to my ears, plants and that they came from hard water. Am going to use co2 and some flourish products, have aquasoil on the way for my 30 gal. Thanks for good info . The only thing i would suggest is to have a video of your tanks with numbers on the screen relating to the plants and a list in the info area of the name of the plant so a person can go look it up. If you've already done that and i just haven't come across it than great. Thanks for the info and effort

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому

      mbiraside yeah in some videos I put the names in the description. In this video I just showed the pictures and used the genus name because there are so many varieties within a genus that will work. thanks for watching man.

    • @alekkoomanoff7281
      @alekkoomanoff7281 7 років тому +2

      ADU Aquascaping WAY BRILLIANT. FIGURED OUT HOW TO GROW PLANTS IN SF AFTER ONLY USING WATER SPRITE IN S. JERSEY 50 YRS AGO, THEN OSCAR
      NOW HAVE TO MOVE TO CENTRAL TEXAS,SO MOST HELPFUL.THANKS FOR NOT DUMBING THINGS DOWN.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +1

      Alek Koomanoff thanks for watching. Glad this video could help you out.

  • @Coasty_Kai
    @Coasty_Kai 8 років тому +2

    wow never knew lol your great coming from nz (;

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому +1

      +Chase Nicholson haha, thanks for watching. Yeah I go nuts in my videos and in life in general. haha

  • @thriller292
    @thriller292 8 років тому +3

    That intro is 🔥

  • @cameronbasford8991
    @cameronbasford8991 6 років тому

    That rainbow though 😍

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  6 років тому +1

      Cameron Basford yeah I miss that old guy. I actually had two of them, and they were buddies. They didn't fight. I miss my sword tail too. You can kind of see him in the background.

  • @EriksWorld14
    @EriksWorld14 7 років тому +1

    I've struggled to keep anything over a 10 gallon dirted planted tank alive and flourishing. I keep dealing with algae (regardless of dosing Seachem Excel, No CO2), due to what I believe to be excess nutrients but my plants grow erratically. I have tried adjusting the lighting (I use Finnex fugeray Fixtures) in both overall duration as well as height above the tank. The problematic tank is a 40B dirted with Miracle Grow and capped with sand. The plants I have are: Rotala R., Dwarf Sag, Amazon Sword, Ludwigia Repens, Cabomba, and Cryp Wendtii. They are all relatively easy plants to grow, but I cannot find success with them regardless of the adjustments that I have made. I believe myself to by decently educated on the biology and chemistry behind planted tanks, and even in your technical videos I am able to listen and digest all of the information. However, I do have hard water and I am starting to believe it impossible to keep a nice planted tank unless I invest in an RO system because at this point I've spent more money Overdosing Excel to the point where I could have bought an RO system and still have some left over. I'm a bit discouraged at this point so I guess these are just unfiltered thoughts, but the message that I'm trying to convey is: should I invest in an RO system? I plan on redoing the entire tank, and have bought a separate 40B just to make the process easier and keep my fish alive and healthy, but before I make the same mistakes, I want some input regarding the path I should take in order to have the greatest possibility for success. I have even thought about ADA amazonia, but I do not know the truth longegivity of it, or if it would be worth doing without CO2.. I guess eventually I'll cave and get a nice CO2 system as well but I feel these decisions need to made sequentially in order to justify the purchase.

    • @harlenegeier5219
      @harlenegeier5219 10 місяців тому +2

      It might be the Miracle Grow, it has a lot of salt in it and plants don't like salt, unless they come from the ocean.

  • @gabortassy-becz8991
    @gabortassy-becz8991 7 років тому +1

    Great explanations ,more please!

  • @bryanangel7936
    @bryanangel7936 7 років тому +3

    Thank you for all the videos man , very informative . i want to buy a R/O unit but does that mean i have to remineralize the water . my tap water gh & kh are off the chart, will mixing tap and r/o water give me a batter balance ? any info will help tons . thanks

    • @BeaverK1ng
      @BeaverK1ng 7 років тому +2

      Mixing RO and your tap water would be the easiest solution. If you use 100% RO you need to add minerals back in.

  • @MASSAquariums
    @MASSAquariums 8 років тому +11

    well this was like watching national geographic and made me feel really stupid. LOL. However I do grow the plants that I CAN grow and don't usually re buy the ones that dont do all that well. Watching all the pics of your old scapes was a trip and cool to see how you progressed. Very impressive dude. PEACE OUT

  • @MrHoney2U
    @MrHoney2U 8 років тому +4

    Great info as always Dave. You said any hygro...even the pinnatifada? In hard water?

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому +2

      +MrHoney2U You know it man. You just have to dose a good amount of micros and potassium. A lot of potassium.

    • @StanTheObserver-lo8rx
      @StanTheObserver-lo8rx 4 роки тому

      @@ADUAquascaping Maybe. How about iron?..I just started to use that and my swords and the rest have taken off. I wish I had tried it with H.pinnatifida,Rotala red,Bolbitis heudelotii. At least the last is alive..barely...but the iron gave it a second life.

  • @c4aquatics848
    @c4aquatics848 7 років тому +1

    I've found that guppies do very well in hard water my PH is around 8.0 and my guppies do great

  • @MrKeithHoward
    @MrKeithHoward 8 років тому +2

    excellent vid, one of the best tech vids i have seen.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому +1

      +Keith Howard Thank you man! Glad you liked it dude.

  • @Noble_Isaac
    @Noble_Isaac 6 років тому

    My water is extremely hard too. I've been using Carib Sea sand with Seachem root tabs, but plants are not thriving and they're actually dying. Does sand have anything to do with it, in this case?

  • @jordanyang3066
    @jordanyang3066 6 років тому

    Wow you have vids on literally everything about planted tanks.
    Would bucephalandra do well in hard water?

  • @EIY_Kumar
    @EIY_Kumar 3 роки тому

    bucephalandras might also work in hard water
    I have hard water and looking to biuld a tank only with Bolbitis, Anubias, trident fern, Java fern and bucephalandra.. Maybe some S. repens and Vall

  • @Salkio
    @Salkio 7 років тому +2

    hey there, that background with your tank you said you had no idea what you were doing, where did you buy that? It looks beautiful!

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +1

      Salkio it is an Aqua Terra 3D background. The grey canyon model. Thanks for watching

    • @Salkio
      @Salkio 7 років тому +2

      Thank you :P

  • @johnmarkzimm
    @johnmarkzimm 6 років тому

    My Dwarf Mexican Crayfish enjoy had water too.

  • @adventuresfloridatothailan5217
    @adventuresfloridatothailan5217 5 років тому

    I have liquid rock with a low ph of 6.0 what plants are best for this combo

  • @kristofc5381
    @kristofc5381 8 років тому +1

    as always, great Informative video! I have tap water that's 9ph 10kh & 10dkh. The plants that I have managed to grow under these conditions (without dosing & adding co2) are Anubias nana, Cryptocoryne, java moss and ambulia . the latter of which had the fastest plant growth. I haven't tried to carpet anything under these conditions, perhaps I will try dwarf hairgrass as you mentioned in your video. thx!

  • @sikander73
    @sikander73 8 років тому

    I too have hard water ...can you tell me how and when to dose flourish / potassium / excel
    how many times in a week & more info for a 150 gallon tank on what lights to be used

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому

      +Hĕmáŋt Kŭmåŗ You will want to look into EI dosing method, or PPS-Pro method of dosing. If doing a low tech tank than using cheap LEDs will work, for a more high tech tank you will need to use T5HOs or high powered LEDs

  • @nicholasschaefer6240
    @nicholasschaefer6240 7 років тому +1

    If dosing Potassium and Flourish Comprehensive in hard water, do you think Dwarf Baby Tears and Pogostemon Helferi would thrive in a hard water environment?

  • @StanTheObserver-lo8rx
    @StanTheObserver-lo8rx 4 роки тому

    The list of hard water plants was dead on. Every plant you mentioned thrives in my water...what you did not mention..are dead.
    What mosses..besides Java..can thrive in hard water?
    Any other plants you want to add four years later?

  • @PandPNews
    @PandPNews 7 років тому +1

    At 9:12 in the video what is the name of the small leafed plant with the shrimp on top?

  • @jasoncarty2175
    @jasoncarty2175 2 роки тому

    I'm setting up a very hard water planted tank,no CO2,would it be good to dose flourish comprehensive and potassium,anything else apart from root tabs.thankyou.

  • @nanxe88
    @nanxe88 8 років тому

    Do the snails bother you? I just found 5 snails in my tank this past week, pretty sure I got it from the moss I purchased :(

  • @niko69692
    @niko69692 5 років тому

    will buce grow in hard water ?? will dosing of nutrition work in hard water without co2 ??

  • @joseconsuegra5962
    @joseconsuegra5962 8 років тому

    Hello, I am a have very little experience with fish. I have two Oranda goldfish, one is orange/gold and the other "was" black. I upgraded from a 30 gallon tank to a 75 gallon tank. Water parameters remained about the same. Next day after I transferred my fish to the new tank my black goldfish turned silver, 2 other little ones that had black on them lost their pigmentation . Do you have any idea what could have happened for them to change color overnight?

  • @reesemurdaugh2883
    @reesemurdaugh2883 3 роки тому

    Please give me advice on Cyprus helferi grass I love it but am having such a hard time in my dirted tanks I’m think from the sand cap?

  • @atilioush3772
    @atilioush3772 4 роки тому

    when you say phosfate causing algae is a myth, so can I use alkaline/acid regulator to control my ph, since it has phosfato in its composition?

  • @LG-zq4ws
    @LG-zq4ws 6 років тому

    HI Dave, what bottom feeders or Algae Eaters would you recommend in a hard water set-up?.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  6 років тому

      Lori Green You could still use Amano shrimp and Oto cats. If the tank is just a standard planted tank and not a delicate aquascape you can use a Bristlenose pleco. They work well and don't get too large.

  • @Somna7h
    @Somna7h 8 років тому

    Thanks!
    My tap water(ground water) is yellowish-little red in color.
    It's sure hard water but never tested the water.
    I have low tech planted tank without CO2.
    Can I dose only KNO3 weekly and micro(Fe etc)?

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому +1

      +Somna7h That just sounds like rusty pipes, or some kind of iron in a well. You may want to dose potassium sulfate and a trace element comprehensive solution, which has all micro nutrients, and the KNO3 will help as well.

  • @gm836
    @gm836 4 роки тому

    Can anyone recommend any plants that do well in hard water for a low tech tank?

  • @dylanmiller1475
    @dylanmiller1475 8 років тому

    I read that high magnesium levels may actually be correlated with potassium deficiency, an potassium uptake is difficult for plants with magnesium levels above a certain amount. Is this why we should dose more potassium? Is there any way to decrease magnesium amounts without using an RO system?? Thanks!

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому

      Dylan Miller eh, that may be true to some extent, but I wouldn't worry about it in this hobby. The water doesn't have that much, and toxicity is very rare and mostly not true for the levels we dose

  • @tropicalterrarium1742
    @tropicalterrarium1742 4 роки тому

    What do you add to your Ro water ADU?

  • @sirbreakemstuff
    @sirbreakemstuff 5 років тому

    i cant do RO right now so am using the tap water here in Kerns, its just as hard as Payson water. So far it is very frustrating! Except the mosses and anubius. Those are growing quite well. Tank is 6 weeks old, am using high light the par chart says i should be about 120 at substrate. Using Floramax substrate with osmacoat plus. Dry firts from greenleaf aquariums using EI daily method but doubling the amount for potassium and plantex csm +B. Using the calculator at rotalla butterfly for CO2 i supposedly have 37ppm co2 an hour into the photo period and most plants pearl like crazy. Most plants seem to be in suspended animation of sorts. Hygro corymbosa hasn't grown a new leaf since i put the 3 stems in a month ago. I had 3 emersed amazon swords. 2 of them died back as they should but then created 1 or 2 new submerged leaves that just died a week or 2 later. I now have 1 sword plant and it seems to be growing new leaves but slower then ive ever seen a sword do. The crypts are doing ok but very very slow. The Monte Carlo seemed to come out of shock and started creating runners 2 weeks ago but now are melting again. The Jungle val doesn't seem like Jungle val because its only grown 2 new runners in 6 weeks. ammania gracilis started to convert then faded away and the scarlet temple is still in emergent growth form after 3 weeks. I think the only reason my tank isnt an algae bomb is because of the 6.5 hour photo period and the fact i seeded my filter with a sponge from a friends tank. I am hoping that once the substrate matures and there are more bacteria to help breakdown nutrients the plants will start to come around. Fingers crossed.....

  • @gm836
    @gm836 4 роки тому +1

    Some people are telling me to always keep the fish in its natural water parameters and others are telling me to not worry about that but just keep my tank water parameters consistent (regardless of what they are). What do I do?

  • @kehw
    @kehw 8 років тому

    Dave, if i use aquasoil with water of 7.2- 7.4pH will my aquarium suffer from ph swings when i do water changes?

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому

      +Kurt-Eric Wurzbacher No, it will just stabilize at a certain alkalinity from the aquasoil and your waters buffer. That water isn't very hard so with Aquasoil you will probably be just fine.

  •  6 років тому

    My water is so hard, it surprises me that it even makes it up the hill from the lake to my home.

  • @WhatIsMisophonia
    @WhatIsMisophonia 4 роки тому

    Guppy guppy guppy. Also, I tried swordtails and they died for God knows why, but I was also accidentally given a Rosy Tetra instead of one of the swordtails, and it actually survived. After the swordtails died, I got 2 more of the Rosys and although one eventually died, the other two did and are still doing good over a month afterword, and they've colored up nicely. GH=180, KH=240, PH=7.5-8

  • @MattKeepsFish
    @MattKeepsFish 3 роки тому

    Don't know if you're still around on this channel, but I have a major question for you.
    I've been growing a planted tank for the last year, and gradually, I've been doing smaller water changes. It started at 25%, but now I'd say I'm down to 5% every week. It's liquid rock, obviously, and recently my plants have taken the full force of it. My rotala, which I've allowed to grow wild, now has shriveled leaves on every branch, and growth for all other plants has... stopped. It's as if everything's in stasis for the moment. My question is, why is this happening? Is the hardness suddenly taking effect? Are my small water changes robbing the tank of new nutrients? Any insights are helpful from you, or the larger audience.

    • @MattKeepsFish
      @MattKeepsFish 3 роки тому

      @@ADUAquascaping I didn’t even see the notification for your reply! I was honestly just returning to see if I had missed anything from your video, but thanks for getting back to me. I have never dosed fertilizer, but I suppose hardness requires it, and I’ll start doing 25% changes every other week? I know it can just be trial by error, but what would you recommend for dosing? I have a cinematic of my tank from a few months ago on the channel if that’s helpful

  • @Drpepper7916
    @Drpepper7916 3 роки тому +1

    Who thought keeping some fish would be easy? answer . . me ha, where I live the tap water that I use is very hard water (230ppm) and understanding how to go about either softening the water or treating the hard water is becoming an open university course in itself, fishkeeping is not so much about keeping fish but rather keeping water

  • @tamojitmitra28
    @tamojitmitra28 8 років тому

    First of all great video... I have hard water of ph arnd 7.6 to 7.8 does that mean that adding Co2 is basically useless as it would not dissolve easily. I have a fluval co2 indicator but that always stays at blue... I am running arnd one bubble per second of co2 for arnd 7 hours a day. Please let me know...

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому

      tamojit mitra you will have to increase CO2 with such hard water, but go slowly

    • @tamojitmitra28
      @tamojitmitra28 7 років тому +1

      Thanks.

  • @naylak5718
    @naylak5718 7 років тому

    can you list the fish in this tank? I've been looking for a smaller hardwater fish in the gray/silver color family to contrast with my platies.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому

      white cloud minnows are silver and red. they will work. The fish in the tank are not hard water fish, but the fish I name and show pictures of are. Just ignore the tank in the background. Focus on the pictures I show and the genus names I wrote in the video and when I say these particular names in the video. Just focus on that.

  • @codyosborne8926
    @codyosborne8926 Рік тому +1

    How do you avoid calcium buildup on the glass of the aquarium?

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  Рік тому

      I just use vinegar and a cleaning pad sponge with a textured sleeve. Or vinegar and a toothbrush! I recently uploaded a short about it

  • @freddyschulp3766
    @freddyschulp3766 6 років тому

    whats that little stripy fish you have which looks like a bumblebee?

  • @tpir3844
    @tpir3844 7 років тому +3

    I am 8 months in with my planted tank. (and still confused) I have very hard water (13 kh, 22 gh whatever that means) and my ph is 8.0 to 8.2. If I add co2, will that lower ph AND correct the hardness and kh? Also been looking at GLA PPS-Pro ferts but noticed some of those ferts raise hardness, so maybe I shouldn't add some of those ferts in that kit? Tom

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +6

      T Pir Yeah don't add more calcium and magnesium if you have hard water. Just add more micronutrients and potassium based fertilizers, such as potassium nitrate and potassium sulfate.

    • @johnmarkzimm
      @johnmarkzimm 6 років тому +1

      CO2 made my PH drop to 6

  • @JosephKarthic
    @JosephKarthic 7 років тому +1

    my water is ph 8.2 and not sure about kh and gh but i think its hard...i want to have african cichlids for my 32 gallon...how many cichlids can i add and what varieties? could someone please advice?

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +1

      you could get Tanganyika Cichlids. Malawi Cichlids may eat some of the plants. Could house around 10 or so medium size Tanganyika Cichlids- Calvus, Neolamprologus, Julidochromis, or some shelldwellers, such as Gold Ocellatus. If doing Mbuna you may be able to attach some ferns and Anubias to driftwood, but they do love to rip up plants- Malawi Cichlids.

  • @anthonypope7611
    @anthonypope7611 8 років тому

    hi mate I have a few tanks I breed mollys and platys and they like hard water with a bit of salt but I use bog wood and branches will they make my water acid I use water life 7.0 with a buffer I use wood to grow my moss and anubias and java fern on it i don't use a lot of it my substrate is tetra complete for the bottom and tetra active for the top what would be the best way to scape my tanks if I take my wood out cheers happy fish keeping

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 років тому

      +anthony pope If you are using a buffer than the wood won't do much to the alkalinity. The pH may drop but really the buffer isn't going anywhere . That is its job to counter the acid and buffer the water. You can always monitor your pH and KH values to get a consistent system down, which will make the tank more balanced.
      If you take the wood out you can always do a more mountain type scene with a lot of rocks. The tanks we use can actually handle a lot of weight, and you can also use egg crate or little bits of lava rubble to build up your rock mounds that way they aren't as heavy. cheers!

  • @janetross8769
    @janetross8769 7 років тому

    were did you get the plant and wood for your tank

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому

      I get them usually from my LFS. You can buy plants online from mike's aquatic plantry on Facebook. He may also have some wood too.

  • @jaydenkerr3808
    @jaydenkerr3808 7 років тому +1

    You say your local water ph is 8.6 do you lower it? if so how do you do it?

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  7 років тому +1

      jayden kerr Yeah I use either 100% RO water or you can dilute the tap water with RO water. 80% RO and 20% tap. This is the easiest and best way to lower KH in water.

  • @troublingleaf
    @troublingleaf 5 років тому

    My api master test kit is reading darker than 7.6 ph (more tham maximum) on regular and lighter than 7.4ph (less than minimum) on high range ph, any ideas what's going on?

  • @sirbreakemstuff
    @sirbreakemstuff 4 роки тому

    What about mosses in our Utah water?

  • @jonathanpilmore7140
    @jonathanpilmore7140 9 місяців тому +1

    Can you grow red plants in hard water? Like ludwigia, rotala

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 місяців тому

      Rotala rotundifolia may work or Ludwigia triple red or repens. Hard water just makes it more difficult for a lot of plants to use nutrients, so you will have better luck if you use a soil substrate and dose potassium in hard water environments. A lot of plants can acclimate to hard water over time, say 6-12 months.

  • @gm836
    @gm836 4 роки тому

    You said you use 100% RO/DI water but don’t you need at least some KH to prevent pH swings (pH becoming too acidic due to a lack of carbonates neutralising the acids produced in the tank)?

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  8 місяців тому +1

      Yes, I was reconstituting with potassium bicarbonate. I kept my water around 3 dKH. I haven't been in the hobby as much over the past 4 years or so

  • @jascarty3503
    @jascarty3503 2 роки тому

    Hi I've bought an aquarium 53g,I have water like your liquid rock, I intend to keep a group of blyth river rainbows, firstly what bottom feeders wod you recommend, also I'm heavily planting it with crypts, vallis etc, I've been told to dose iron for crypts, would that help with excel, patassium, it will be low tech, and can I use tropica substrate capped with a fine gravel.. Thank-you

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  2 роки тому

      Yeah you can do Tropica soil capped with gravel if you want the gravel look. The gravel isn't necessary just to let you know, but if that's the look you want, then use it. Excel may help as an algicide. You will want to dose potassium and a comprehensive micronutrient mix, which will include iron and all the other micronutrients. Cory catfish, Oto cats, and Siamese algae eaters are all a good choice. Could get some Kuhli loaches or even neon gobies if you can find some.

    • @jascarty3503
      @jascarty3503 2 роки тому

      @@ADUAquascaping thank you for the info, I'm completely new to this, and have just started to understand things, so more microneutrants would be a fertiliser right!? Can you recommend one at all pls.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping  2 роки тому

      Yes a fertilizer. Either powdered or all in one liquid. Seachem, NilocG, 2HR Aquarist all sell all in one liquid fertilizers. You can also use root tabs