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I get ALL my plants from Aquarium Co-op. They have the cleanest, healthiest plants around.

My first aquarium had lots of "plastic" plants, carbon filtration & no air stone, lol. How things indeed have changed once I discovered the wonderful world of live plants & the benefits they provide.

Plants are essential to a fresh water aquarium's health. I don't just plant my tanks; I plant them heavily. I would estimate that 80% of my tank's substrate has a plant in it or on it. The fish love it; it gives them a sense of security, which shows in bright colors and shiny coats. And it helps to maintain healthy water parameters. Also, aquatic plants are just beautiful to look at.

I’m a new aquarist with a planted Betta tank and now I’m helping friends and family renovate their tanks with plants because they see how beneficial it is to my tank. My water is always clear and my tank is very low maintenance because everything is balanced. Thank you CORY for all your helpful videos!!! 🙂

Your personality and videos like this starring you is how you grew. Please don't forget that with your latest journies.

I have learned to love plants in my aquariums. Recently, the Dwarf Aquarium Lily has become my favorite, and it is super easy to get going. Plus, they are beautiful!

I bought plants before I ever bought fish. Just by a few weeks, but still. Now I have them in every tank and I probably always will. The plants the high tech aquascape guys use are cool but if you’ve got a good hardscape I think you can have just as beautiful of a tank with easy, simple, hardy plants

Pretty new to the hobby but did a ton of research on this channel before I started. So I had a planted tank for 6 six weeks before I ever bought a fish. Thanks Cory!

I tried adding plants to my aquariums after watching your channel. Now I have plants in all my tanks.

When I first became interested in fish keeping and discovered aquarium co-op’s channel, I had a 10 gallon bare bottom with 3 corydoras that a couple moving out of state had given me to care for. I watched a few of cory’s video’s on plants and then a few more later on of girl talks fish, and I was sold. I’m now keeping four aquariums, a 5 gallon, 6 gallon, 29 gallon, and 45 gallon, all community aquariums, and they are all HEAVILY planted. I am obsessed with how beautiful and vibrant they are and I love watching how the behavior of fish change for the better when I add more plants. I also love that between my filter and my plants, I have a bit of a buffer (especially with my nano aquariums) if I can’t make it to a water change right away. Thank you, Cory, for encouraging us to try new things and grow as hobbyists! I now love my plants as much as I love my little fish! It’s so much fun.

Me, when starting the hobby: considering that maybe plastic plants would be better KZfaq algorithm: So you need Green Aqua! **Drops Green Aqua videos into recommendations** Now I'm happy with my live plants! (:

I can grow just about anything outside. House plants? Not so much. Aquarium plants? SCORE! These indoor plants live for me.

I love my plants almost as much as my fish. They make the aquarium look better, they help keep the tank clean, and they add natural hiding spots for the fish. Thanks for helping me learn how to keep them.

Literally just talked with my son about doing this!! Thank you

I just want to say thank you to aquarium coop for donating a gift certificate to our local fish club, you guys are awesome!

Gotta say when I started fertilizing once a week, my plant game improved massively!! Easy green is the best thing that ever happened to my plants.

I love having plants in my aquariums. It has made the hobby easier and has added an extra element of fun. Ordered a pink flamingo crypt yesterday and am so excited to give a more expensive plant a try. Thanks to the Co Op for great plants and great service.

I’ve been keeping aquariums for many years now and only occasionally have watched a video from you but recently I’ve been binge watching your older podcasts to get re-inspired and they are great. I made a big order last night from you guys and didn’t order any more plants because I’m transitioning a bunch of stuff right now but definitely will be getting some plants soon. Keep up the great work! I love the videos and even more the “business model” and way you run the company which I’ve learned through the old podcasts. I will be a customer for as long as you stay true to that. 👍🏼

I think this is one of my favorite videos you have ever created. You can tell how much passion you have about plants just by talking about them

As a newbie to aquariums, I wanted to offer a tip to others who are new to aquarium plants: Just because one plant won't grow in your tank doesn't mean you've done something wrong or can't keep plants! Try several different species and see what works, because every tank and every water source is different. As an example: Hornwort is commonly recommended as a beginner plant, and I've seen it grow like weeds in lots of tanks (including my LFS)... but both times I've bought some it has promptly died in my 20g long. On the other hand, I have some needle leaf Ludwigia--still a beginner plant but definitely more sensitive--that is absolutely thriving, and it's even turning orange-red in my low-tech setup. I've had limited success with Java + Xmas mosses (they don't die but also don't thrive) but I've got Buces making new leaves all the time. It's very much trial and error :) Side note: thanks to Aquarium Co-op for all the super helpful informational videos! I have now developed multiple tank syndrome and am almost finished setting up my second planted tank, a 55g.

You got me into using plants in my aquarium when I came back to the hobby. So much easier to keep a tank with plants. Fun also to see them thrive. And the tank is so much prettier. The fish look happier and enjoy swimming around plants. Thanks. My favorites right now are low maintenance Anubias and a fixture of floating plants.

I’ve been in the fish keeping hobby for 8months now and I got my friend into the hobby and she actually convinced me to get live plants, I’ve only had the plants for less than a week and I absolutely love them! And my fish love them too!! 💜💜

Luckily I was introduced to aquariums with plants first so I never experienced aquariums without plants. Glad I started out that way and luckily I discovered the Coop shortly after

Just bought some of your dwarf lillies and they are amazing. Just bought some more! Fast growing and so beautiful ❤️. Love supporting your channel by buying your products

love easy green! helped my plants grow, recently got the root tabs as well. bought Montecarlo from aquarium coop last week, waiting and see how it carpets

Excellent selection ...excellent quality and the customer service is beyond words awesome!

I've purchased 9 orders (according to my sticker collection) from Aq Co-op and every time I'm impressed and I recommend them to anyone who will listen. Cory runs a business they care about and it shows!

I just recently got back into the hobby earlier this year. Since January, I started a small 5 gallon betta tank. Now I have two Fluval Flex 15 gallons and a Fluval Flex 32 gallon. All four tanks have live plants since I figured I'd try it. Now I get just as excited seeing the tremendous growth in my plants as I do with my fish. A huge benefit has been water quality and accidental spawning. I started with 2 red cherry shrimp and now I have maybe 100. I also have a few baby cherry barbs from the original 12 adults in my 32 gallon Flex. I also have at least one baby black molly from the four adults in one of my 15 gallon Flex tanks. I don't try to have my fish spawn but I guess when they do, the mass of live plants give the eggs and the fry enough cover to have a chance.

Funnily enough Cory, you're probably one of the channels that gave me the nudge to try plants 2 years ago and now I don't think I could ever have a tank set up without live plant's. Anyone reading this who is still on the fence go for easy plant's and you'll do great!

Amazing video, honestly the aquarium co-op plants are amazing quality. And all the easy ferts are there to help. Definitely recommendation buying from the site

Love it! Thanks a bunch!!

WOW!!! After watching this video I placed my order... I just received the GLORIOUS plants I ordered Saturday!!! They ALL arrived in PERFECT condition!!!!! They look better in real life then on the video!!! THANK YOU CORY!!!

Love my aquariums, love my aquarium plants. They make keeping the fish I like to keep even easier, more visual blocks and hiding spots. Very intriguing to watch how they like to interact with eachother

I actually just bought my first round of aquatic plants from aquarium co-op! They're freshly put in the tank, they look great and can't wait to leave a review in a few weeks when I see them settle in! Keep up the great work!

I just set up my first EVER aquarium on the 19th. Plants from you guys came in on the 22nd and I’m excited to see them grow. :-)

Excellent tips and ideas Cory , Thanks!!!!

I’ve never kept fish without plants, my uncle (40 years in the hobby) got me into the hobby 2 years ago with a 4 gallon and some tiny endlers and cherry shrimp. I now have a 30 gallon, a 20 gallon and 2 4 gallons, all with plants I cut from the first 4 gallon. My favorite plant is cabomba

I can not imagine not having plants, they are so useful and so beautiful.

Oooo "Aquatic Gardener" - I like that 😎 So far I can only keep Anubius, Java fern and Java moss alive long term - but I sure keep trying 'new to me' plants a couple of times a year. I'm determined to find some more that will do well for me as I get better at aquatic gardening - thanks Cory💕👍

I just received my package from Aquarium Co-op an hour ago! I ordered my very first plant (Java fern) and a Easy Planter to put it in. I also ordered a sponge filter and air stone. These are high quality items reasonably priced. Can't wait to see it all put together!

I really appreciate your videos, I have been watching almost every single one for the entire past week. This makes one of my favorite hobbies ever even more fun and engaging. Thanks for educating us!

I am actually just about to have my first planted tank! I have been keeping tanks for a while, but not yet with plants. I am going to get them from aquarium coops store of course because he's the person who got me inspired! :)

this is just the video i needed to push me to pick up a plant. also, production value for this video is great!

This is a great video! I just bought some new plants today ironically, and really enjoy them! I have anubias, swords, a cambomba and a few dwarf lilies!

Always great info!

Couldn’t agree more. Plants got me back into the hobby. I’m such a better fish keeper because of it. Best thing you can do for your water and fish.

Aquarium plants are like the best things you can do for a aquarium

Been keeping a Fully planted 20g for a year and wouldn't even think of keeping a community tank without natural plants. Good vid as always Cory from Mike in Surrey, UK🇬🇧🇬🇬

Love the effects Jimmy!!

Seeing my jungle Val go from some small plugs in the background to growing all the way to the foreground and to the top of the water was a nice way to tell the months apart that I didn’t have in 2020 lol

I'm a novice fish keeper. I started with 2 anubias in my 5G tank and now I also have some crypts, Bacopa, and hornwort. It's definitely fun to see them grow. Some of my crypts did die but others have grown in their place. I even have a little branch of hornwort in my temporary baby Convict Cichlid tank. Added it because of the filtration benefits. Good thing it hasn't been torn to shreds...yet lol.

Because of your videos, I have my first tank, I have planted it and am excited about how it's going to evolve.

Always great info! Thanks! - Little Bobby

Great video!

Thank you for all the informative information that you've given through the years! It's helped me very much. By the way, you're quite cute too! From no beard to one! LOL! Your products are known throughout many places that I've been and thank you again for sharing!

Your videos convinced me to plant!

Nicely done video Cory. Fish & plants do go hand in hand & how important of a role they have in the aquarium..

I love the idea of educating over glamour. Please keep this going!

If it wasn't for stumbling across your channel 4yrs ago i would not be in the hobby. I was 31 then and honestly the thought of keeping aquariums never popped in my mind. I never knew plant's could be kept in aquariums. Now i have 3 tank's inside and 3 backyard tubs full of plant's and of course fish 🐟. Thank you Cory, i can honestly say if it wasn't for you and this channel i would not be in the hobby! 👍

Videos like these inspire me

Great video thx a lot Cory from Bolivia

Some good advice in here, cheers

i love this channel so much, it feels good supporting a channel that genuinely is trying to help you with your aquarium

Just earned a new subscriber and yeah plants are very good for your tank ✨

Wonderful.

Great video! I think many fishkeepers have no idea how easy it is to keep plants. I've had lots of success growing large Amazon Swords, Crypts, and loads of stem plants with only excess fish food and waste (no fertilizers), Pool Filter Sand, and desktop lamps for lighting.

I was told by other people I think a pet store associate. That plants were really hard to grow, and very filthy with mildew etc. So I spent y ars afraid of plants, but upset same time because I loved plants. Super glad I finally as an adult went out and did my own research.

I believe in that whole, there is a plant for everyone. Over the years I had tried a few and they either grew too slow for me or died. Stopped trying for years. Then I wanted to try again for some reason but didn't want to spend the money. Went out and collected some invasive Hydrilla and boom. It was a jungle in a matter of weeks. I have to trim a few inches off every week and I am in love. Never fertilized or changed my lights or anything, they're growing like weeds!

I bought a common, on clearance sale, cryptocoryne at a big box store several years ago. It took awhile to get established after completely melting down. Flash forward to today and all 14 of my aquariums have that same cheapy crypt in them. Over time I transplanted baby crypts into all the aquariums from that one original plant. Two of my larger aquariums are simply crypt jungles. This basic crypt seems to love my water and light conditions. I tend to stick with what is easy and works. Just one of my many aquarium plant experiences.

I got my first plants from you. Java moss and Java fern. Great stuff. Now I have added dwarf sag and ludwigia renecki

Coming from someone who didn't have a clue about running an aquarium, all of my tanks are now planted. I was intimidated but it's not that bad and makes things so much better. It's definitely worth it! Substrate, lighting and dosing is important but make sure whatever is in your tank is compatible including tank size. Axolotls, low light and like to lay on the plants Common Plecos, they will tear up your plants and they need a huge tank. 125g tanks are still way too small.

I love your videos. Best content ever.

I like live plants so much I even put them in my monster fish tanks.

gonna experiment with a live planted nano tank soon! very excited, already a plant enthusiast, just donned on me a couple days ago why im not combining my hobbies LOL

I just received my order today, all plants came packed extremely well with labels, all looked perfect! Why haven’t I ordered from aquarium co op till now.

Aquarium Co-Op has the BEST plants!!!

Fun vid, I like the feel!

I love you plants and products!

I liked the 7 minute aquarium co op plant and fertilizer advertisement in this video

Funny that you mentioned corydoras spawning... My daughter just had hers lay two egg clusters and I can't say that we'd done anything special... it's not even the best planted tank in the house (yet). Though it did just get a brand new light that works better than the old one, so maybe that was it. Anyway, she's super excited! And yes, I agree on the plants (and cleaning crew), I wouldn't consider an aquarium without both. Let them do the bulk of the work! Now to find someone to buy the excess guppies, mystery snails and (soon) corydoras! Thanks for all your videos - they've helped me a lot!

Thanks. Like your channel.

I'm starting my first tank and I'm more excited about the plants than the fish. Love both... I feel like they go hand and hand.

Looking at my tanks, the ones that thrive are the planted ones. Saving up money to get lights for my remaining tanks

I live in the tropics and found a water change when a low system (weather) is here will often make corys spawn too

Glad to join the group... just started in the hobby... will take anything and any advice you guys can give me...

I love having a planted Aquarium....it's not only beautiful but its great for my fish and makes life easier because I don't have to do as many water changes...just top offs. I can't say enough about Cory's Aquarium Co-ops Easy Green 💚....it has made my plants even more beautiful and he's made it sooo simple.

I love plants in my aquariums and my shrimp and fish look more peaceful now

I'm glad that may first and only ( for now ) fish tank is a heavily planted community aquarium!

I wish I had tried plants sooner!

i just got me a couple of java fern few days ago. after having my tank up for 2 years. wish i did it sooner

Awesome video! Plants = happy fish (:

im new to plants and im a total convert my fish and shrimp love them, add a new plant , the shrimp get really active , i like that they trap food to allow grazing for extended feeding , and my fish sleep in the floating plants.

Same. I will not run a freshwater tank without plants now. After my first successful planted tank. Experiencing true low maintenance. I can never turn back. Eventually I got into saltwater and thats a different element all in its own but the Macroalgae tanks are really starting to take off now and I'm tempted to have both fresh and salt water planted tanks.

My jungle val I got from aquarium co op is growing like crazy!

totally agree, plants do so much good for our tank. and indeed plants just behave differently in different people tank, i have a lot of 'easy stem plants' like rotala just died in my tank meanwhile sword plants and epiphytes plants growing ok in my tank

The irony for me was after getting plants I got addicted to them instead of the fish. I went from buying plants to support my fish to buying fish to support my plants. ...and yes, I also use Easy Green as well :)

I have live plants in all my tanks. I find them easy to grow. Just plant (no special substrate!), feed every now and then and let them be! On top of all the reasons you gave to have them, I also like how my fish interact with them. It is so interesting to see. Plastic just doesn’t do it for me.

Literally just ordered some plants from the website for my new guppy tank. 🐠

I have the best of luck with stems and Java Fern. The plants I have the worst luck is with carpeting plants and some of the bigger anubias (anubias rot). As a man of culture, I too, get ALL my plants from Aquarium Co Op.