Aquatic Plants Dying? Learn Why and How to Save Them! Understanding Macro and Micro Nutrients

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@yellowninja19 2 жыл бұрын

Carbon 3:23 Nitrogen 4:58 Phosphorus 6:14 Potassium 7:58 Magnesium 9:18 Boron 10:35 Iron 12:03 Chlorine 13:22 Manganese 14:59 Molybdenum 16:28 Nickel 18:38 Copper 19:51 Calcium 21:10

@stevecox8066 Жыл бұрын

Well, here is another of your videos that I have saved to go back over and over. Just no way to absorb (no pun intended) all this in one go. Definitely the best learning channel I've found. This info will definitely be studied and put to use! Thanks 🙏

@johnnybest6386 Ай бұрын

You are the man when i have a plant problem

@jimdavis9034 3 жыл бұрын

Bentley I LOVED this, just the right amount of info without overwhelming and not too little. Fantastic. I will be watching this again...and again. Thank you!

@bobmennel137 Жыл бұрын

Plant Noobie here. Felt like I was back in school watching this video. This info will definitely help diagnose plant deficiencies. Thanks for all of your videos.

@laurindakennedy5663 5 ай бұрын

Love love this guy. Bentley explains everything so well making it easy to understand. Thank you!!

@ryanhansen8363 4 жыл бұрын

I think you hit a sweet spot in the balance between the science and keeping it simple enough for many to understand. Will definitely always utilize this video in the future, whenever I'm trying to diagnose a nutrient deficiency! Well done Bentley!

@gsanchezlifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Great info Bentley!!! thank you sir!!!

@vulcan1154 3 жыл бұрын

Super helpful - thank you!

@johnwood738 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great information!

@0SimpleSam 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome info! Loving these videos

@garymcgowan4567 2 жыл бұрын

Very concise thanks 😊

@timchancey7859 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome chat, good info an easy to take short notes for things to watch for.

@Razedot 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best plant vids you’ll find. Good job sir.

@juliecaton3329 4 жыл бұрын

Fabulous video. So informative and easy to understand! Thank you!

@brettdella 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! Great content Bentley! 🔥

@floydsfishes2856 4 жыл бұрын

very useful info great job thanks Bentley

@SetterAquariums Жыл бұрын

You are so helpful. Thank you.

@mitch9946 3 жыл бұрын

Best 25 minutes of my day! Keep up good work!

@code1635 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job Bentley, well done.

@mamag8753 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Easy to understand.

@sydefect Жыл бұрын

Super happy i came across this video awesome

@rpmi-1640 3 ай бұрын

Very well explained. Thank you!

@marcdunndavies5054 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Bentley

@codebuster3132 Жыл бұрын

very informative Bentley ... thanks

@Clintmotovlog 4 жыл бұрын

Always great information 👍 love your work keep it up ✌️

@TheChubbyGuppy 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Bentley. Really appreciate the time and methods you use educating the masses. Keep it up!

@kayhalliday2676 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, highly informative. Stay safe

@CarolynnMc01 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bentley! Very helpful! I saved this video for future reference.

@AQUAGUYUK 4 жыл бұрын

Food for thought thanks for the video

@davidkinch2100 4 жыл бұрын

Great job on this video, lots of information I didn’t know. This one is going to need another watch. 👍🏻

@clayd9477 4 жыл бұрын

Bentley you are the man thanks for this video

@juliecaton3329 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for lighting the guppies!!

@antoniokfranco 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!! Exactly what I needed to know for my 50 heavily planted that’s having nutrient issues.

@carmensuarez3451 3 жыл бұрын

Nice very informative video. I feel that I have to watch it more than once. thanks !

@newmexicoaquatics282 3 жыл бұрын

And another great primer! It's a Bentley-themed Saturday for me here in The Land Of Enchantment- Little Bobby

@horacioolivares3614 4 жыл бұрын

FABULOUS VIDEO THANK YOU SO MUCH

@fisharefriends598 4 жыл бұрын

You are a plant genius. One of the best vids I’ve seen explaining deficiencies.

@ajctropicals1704 4 жыл бұрын

This series is fascinating Bentley! Learning so much through these episodes and it is conveyed really well, great job as always man can't wait for next week. 👍

@eurikia1961 4 жыл бұрын

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Super educacional and very simple to understand. Well done👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@sakherlatmini8708 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir , very informative

@sandydimond3363 2 жыл бұрын

First time listening wonderful information, thank you for sharing.

@vikkirountoit497 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU - The way you explain things is so helpful and clear! I've been expanding my plant collection and having a lot of fun learning about keeping plants with my fish. Starting a fert routine for the first time.

@angiebear8727 2 жыл бұрын

Easiest to understand explanation of deficiencies I’ve found on KZfaq. Ty

@simonpidgeon949 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 💯👍👍

@royoakes1250 Жыл бұрын

Love this video I'll probably watch this again cuz there's a lot of information thanks for producing this video!

@ContrastNY 4 жыл бұрын

Great info!

@TuanCaCanh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@ronceballo2411 3 жыл бұрын

This is quality content! 🤩

@djditto47 4 жыл бұрын

So helpful that this my third time watching it today!

@BentleyPascoe 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That's incredibly flattering, glad I can help!

@skullbones1014 2 жыл бұрын

How does this not have a million views?! Thank you so much for this.

@stoneysscapes7544 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and since the 1st time watching I am able to get this superb info 💚💙

@atanasgeorgiev128 3 жыл бұрын

After your video I could explain myself a lot. Thank you! Btw maybe it's quite time to start making my own ferts. That theme is quite interesting.

@GRich-nl8ks 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best video i have seen about nutrients. I paused, got paper and pen and took notes and hit the subscribed button. Wonderful, easy to follow examples.

@otiscoldren7238 6 ай бұрын

@Bentley! Thanks for this video! I knew none of this and have had bought plants for thirty years unnecessarily! I will keep this video to refer back to for info!

@alexr.4955 2 жыл бұрын

Actually this is one of the best videos I've seen about plant ferts and deficiencies

@gwdavidson065 2 жыл бұрын

I've been taking notes while watching your video, I'm new to live plants in aquariums and I just want to say thank you for explaining things without going into long drawn out explanations of each nutrient, straight and to the point It really made learning from you easy.

@BentleyPascoe 2 жыл бұрын

Glad this helped!

@twinlamps 4 жыл бұрын

Really informative video Bentley. Explaisn why my own plants have been dire 😅 Keep up the good work! 💯💯

@1domcouk 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent description of macro and micro nutrients, their roles and deficiency symptoms. Explained really well and nice and easy to understand. (Much better than my school days) This video will be in my reference library!

@Will-wi3kv 3 жыл бұрын

I really wish I found your channel and this video before I had 3 tanks set up. The way you explain why the plants need their nutrients and the visuals for diagnosis really make this video insanely helpful as a resource. Seriously thank you!

@dcphifer4307 Жыл бұрын

I just got an idea... I read that you can "charge" your your substrate additives like Crushed Volcanic Rock, Heat-Fired Clay, etc. I am familiar with Akadama (Heat-Fired Clay) from making my own Bonsai Soil Mix that I learned back in the 80s from 2 well-known Bonsai Instructors and masters. Both recipes were nearly identical, except for very minor tweets. Then, you add this "charged" absorbent substrate at the bottom to draw down the roots deep into the substrate. Then, cap with good sand to minimize the nutrient leaching up into the Water Column. I did not learn about the sand-capping when I made the first tank with Fluval Stratum. Being that Idid not do 24/7 water-changing like box-stores... I was spiking every few days. I removed the substrate with the Fluval Stratum and rinsed it out of the gravel and saved it. Then, I just did the gravel substrate. I learned. But listening to you, I am thinking that I am missing the Trace Nutrients.

@kevindrewett681 3 жыл бұрын

You have cured my problem, Calcium . Many thanks.

@flacosgarden6816 3 жыл бұрын

Saving this video for future reference

@edstaart8548 4 жыл бұрын

I need to listen again but very educational. Now i check my All in one fert if it contains All . Have a great eastern weekend and Stay Safe all, hold on people.

@DrawerFullofRocks 4 жыл бұрын

This was excellent, Bentley! It was interesting and just enough information for most people. I must admit that because life has been very busy, I've neglected one of my planted tanks. I just reworked the entire tank making it into a backwater environment for the little school of S. American tetras that reside inside. I bought a bottle of liquid fert and some Trace to keep right next this tank to keep me on my toes. I seem to always miss dosing it, for some reason. So I'm hoping to get the plants looking better within the next few weeks. Interestingly, the most delicate looking plant in that tank, Aponogeton ulvaceous, suddenly burst into growth after sitting "quiet" for a while. It's gorgeous and so lovely to watch as it moves in the current. As always, thank you for another very helpful and pleasurable video.

@Charlie-zt8ei 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bentley, for this series. We have all these fishy KZfaq, but i feel we need more Aquatic plant tubes.

@Aquamoo 4 жыл бұрын

The video quality has really come a long way, soon you'll be at 10k!

@exoerick7745 Жыл бұрын

Adenosine triphosphate- I remembered that from college!

@masterjoda5512 3 жыл бұрын

Like people already said, very informative video and no it's not too long, it's just about it should be. You explained everything about Micro and Macro elements. Great video!

@Willym_Atl Жыл бұрын

Great video! I use a combination of the easy green and a half dose of seachem flourish. I found the flourish also raised my kh without raising ph. Bonus

@Kyddoemiko13 7 ай бұрын

😳 Wow science is everything. Once you master the periodic table and how to stabilize your aquarium it's all smooth sailing. Thanks for the video.

@dreamsofaquariums 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, I will definately come back to it if I start to have problems! Concerning carbon, I think you perhaps can see a shortage of it in some plants, especially in the growth. My Pogostemon 'octopus' looked kind of bare and skinny until I put CO2 in the tank, and now it has more leaves and is generally more bushier and healthier looking.

@johnnybest6386 Ай бұрын

You learn something new everyday😅

@RxCoffeeRx 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@BentleyPascoe 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@craigsfreshwaterfishplants9426 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, very informative. When you say things like some plants are calcium suckers, it would be great if you said some examples of those type of plants. Maybe you could also categorize family of plants and what the main fertilizers they need the most so you can Target those plants. Anyway great job keep up the good work!

@jorgenclair2561 4 жыл бұрын

I Love it!,👍

@DelkaSable Ай бұрын

Brilliant. Take my like and comment to promote

@DelkaSable Ай бұрын

or even two. Or three, if you tell me your oppinion on Equilibrium from Sachen. I have SO weird empty water...

@R1D9M8B4 Жыл бұрын

Not boring.. thank you for your time. Lol ☻️

@Aquatic_Amigo 4 жыл бұрын

Wow what a great vedio ...unbelievable ...you just made me your biggest fan ....much love from L.A. ... ....great great great G.O.A.T

@allenpacker1119 3 жыл бұрын

I'm curious of what you do for a living because your a smart guy. Keep up the good educational videos.

@BentleyPascoe 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a software and hardware test engineer.

@rhondacole5231 3 жыл бұрын

I love your explanation in your videos. I love the science too, but for a newbie like me I need the basics. I love your humor “ give me 2 thumbs down if you didn’t like the video” LOL!

@FridayFishFacts 4 жыл бұрын

This guy knows his plants 🌱

@dcphifer4307 Жыл бұрын

Bentley, you did a real great job on helping me a newbie to realize what nutrients that I am lacking. I will start with adding Trace Nutrients and pick up a bottle later today. Kudos.

@BentleyPascoe Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@bananafloat27 Жыл бұрын

I loooove this level of nitty gritty. Even way back in elementary school, I couldn't get with rote memorization, especially on math and science. I need to know WHY. And here you tell us why. Thank you :)

@AmazonasBiotop 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks this was very helpful as I suspected having calcium (Ca) deficiency in my planted tank. I ordered the Yokuchi Ishiko (I could not get hold of seachem equilibrium). Seeing forward to a better plant growth in the future. It is somewhat weird that the liquid fertilizer do not have Ca. So it will not help with dosing heavier..😉 I actually happen to have 3 diffrent liquid fertilizers at home but non of them has Ca in them. 😢 Yes, I also added yesterday root tabs that contains Ca in my only sand substrate. So I do not have any fancy substrate that has a lot of nutrients.. But I have rather hard ish water: GH:11 KH:9 pH:8.0 ±0.3 (depending on co²)

@victorb145 Жыл бұрын

I like the little cartoon leaves. I think they help a lot to get the idea across, even if they do look like a seed. Okay back to the video.

@jimdavis9034 3 жыл бұрын

Bently I have watched this twice now and it is the bomb!

@vb2377 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love educational video! What’s your dried food for the guppies?

@BentleyPascoe 4 жыл бұрын

I use several different ones

@GhostlyBG 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Bentley, great video as always! I've got an issue with my Pinnatifida. I get a ton of very small brownish dots on the older leaves then they melt and die off. Judging by the description you gave for the different deficiencies, it must be deficient in manganese. I'm dosing micro/macro on a daily basis (CO2 injection + Fluval Plant 3.0). There seems to be a pretty decent amount of Mn in the micro ferts: INGREDIENTS (in 1000 ml):INGREDIENTS (in 1000 ml): Iron (Fe) - 2 g/l Manganese (Mn) - 1 g/l Copper (Cu) - 0,052 g/l Zinc (Zn) - 0,29 g/l Boron (B) - 0,4 g/l Molybdenum (Mo) - 0,075 g/l HEEDTA and other strong chelates ! Methylparaben (E218) - 1 g/l Water Do you think I need to add more?

@BentleyPascoe 3 жыл бұрын

You might also consider a touch more iron, pinnatifida is an iron hog

@GhostlyBG 3 жыл бұрын

@@BentleyPascoe iron it is then! Thanks a bunch, Bentley!

@leesahcage3297 4 жыл бұрын

Great video series, extremely helpful. Does having activated carbon in my filter media cause any changes to the way plants absorb nutrients? Does the activated carbon filter out the nutrients from the water column?

@BentleyPascoe 4 жыл бұрын

Carbon will filter out some of the nutrients you are dosing, so many times it is not used with planted tanks.

@deneng0259 Жыл бұрын

Calcium def. and curled leaves, but it also happens from overwatering with my tomatoes.

@StanTheObserver-lo8rx 4 жыл бұрын

The reason I say for acid loving plants,and not all purpose ferts? It has all the things Bently mentioned even Moly. It also has a high percentage of Iron. It does a good job too of mildly lowering a high ph.

@debbiemccormick9917 3 жыл бұрын

Great information! Do I want to dose my potassium and trace elements at the same time?

@BentleyPascoe 3 жыл бұрын

Dose potassium when you dose macros

@StanTheObserver-lo8rx 4 жыл бұрын

I've grown plants on just fish waste before..but when it comes to growing so much of the semi aquatic plants and wanting a aquascape look? Plants are nutrient hogs. Once you start there is no "enough" and you can stop. I have even tried land plant ferts for acid loving plants,and its worked well in combo with iron..but,I'm not advocating people run out and use it. I have a big tank,and I also have a huge Syngonium sucking out nutrients all the time. Small aquarium lit by artificial lights won't need as much. But,if people want to try them.use a dab and see how it goes. If it works? One bag might last a lifetime for a small tank and only $10 or so at Home Depot.

@Midnightwolf1333 2 жыл бұрын

Hi there! I’ve just found this channel, and I’m just wondering where you’ve sourced this info from? You seem very knowledgeable, I’m very impressed, I want to know how I can become as well versed in this as you! 😄

@BentleyPascoe 2 жыл бұрын

This is a combination of research from plant science and personal experience

@kyletullyowns 2 жыл бұрын

How did i not find you sooner 😭

@tonyadams4726 Жыл бұрын

Great Idk if I have nitrates or magnesium deficiency lol. My older Ottos do have that burn but I’ve had them a long time back when I completely had no idea what I was doing and had all types of problems. Gonna start with Nitrates and hope that is it

@joybuckeye7493 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe a video with plants that compliment each other instead of the randomness of my tanks! Ohh that's pretty, I don't have one of those, 😆. Got to catch them alll

@jaimemedina6430 4 жыл бұрын

My leaves develop some holes or perforations by themselves and decay. I’m using florinmulti and co2. Would you recommend me to add some individual nutrient? If so in what format/ brand? Thanks

@BentleyPascoe 4 жыл бұрын

This is usually a deficiency in potassium, try adding some potassium, Brightwell's line would do just fine to go with your multi

@TarasTankFriends 4 жыл бұрын

Lots of good info in this video. I'm having a problem with my ludwegia plants, both repens and palustris, where rot where they've been buried in the substrate. They grow aerial roots above the rotten section, but it keeps happening. None of my other stem plants are doing this. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I'mm on well water in Michigan (hard water, so calcium and iron aren't an issue) and use easy green and root tabs. Thanks!

@BentleyPascoe 4 жыл бұрын

What I would do is not bury the stems yet, use a plant weight to hold them as a small bunch on the surface of the substrate and let them grow fresh roots, then, with the fresh roots, plant them into the substrate. Some plants have trouble converting as they'll be grown in softer water at farms, then when moved to hard water they can struggle to establish right away and need more time to convert to your particular water conditions.

@TarasTankFriends 4 жыл бұрын

@@BentleyPascoe great idea, thanks so much!

@vanschermerhorn7167 2 жыл бұрын

I am concentrating on having planted tanks . Is there a chart in deficiency for plants you can purchase ? Or maybe some suggestions . Anything about growing plants in aquariums . Thank you . I have a API test kit . Is that suffient ?

@BentleyPascoe 2 жыл бұрын

There's quite a few charts online for free.