DIY aquarium plant pots

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Mike Dean Promised Land

8 жыл бұрын

Here is a cheap and easy way to keep aquarium plants in a tank with no substrate. Nothing extravagant but it works!

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@pa.fishpreacher6166 7 жыл бұрын

Mike do you have any vid's showing those plant pots in your tank?

6 жыл бұрын

Ha! Thanx for the trip down memory lane. I learned soldering on the exact same gun, 40 years ago!

@WestEndAquariums 8 жыл бұрын

You always put a smile on my face and great knowledge.

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

Ahh. Thank you. That makes me feel good to hear.

@danielrichardson6054 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Great content and super entertaining. Dope fish room.

@DJ_LittlePea 8 жыл бұрын

Why was I watching this and singing inspector gadget in my head 😂😂😂 nice tip on the soldering gun I suppose it stood the bottle from having sharp edges too .... Excellent idea I'm gonna do a few of these for my summer outdoors project 👏👏🤗 and I swear that intro just got longer 😂😂

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

+PsychedelicBabe lol It did! haha inspector gadget. the sharp edges tend to be on the inside if any. Glad you could use the idea!

@AaronLewisOfficial 8 жыл бұрын

Great idea man! I really enjoy your videos...

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much and thanks for watching my vids! Really appreciate it!

@bennycastillomorenomysmall2417 8 жыл бұрын

again iam glad you are back on

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Benny!

@Lifewithpets72 8 жыл бұрын

This is such a great idea!

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

+Lifewithpets thank you! I had to come up with something cheap! I like my plants too much not to have them. Lol

@302exotics6 8 жыл бұрын

Great idea to use a soldering gun! Make sure you don't breathe in the fumes 😂

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Ya I'm sure I got a whif or two. Lol

@CJSAQUARIUMS 8 жыл бұрын

Gotta be the fastest 1000 subs I've ever seen someone get lol... Blowing up man. Nice tip! If I ever go freshwater again I'll keep it in mind

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! You think that's faster than average. I know I'm surprised as hell! Lol the driftwood definitely makes a freshwater tank. Thanks for watching bro!

@Stephen_Strange Жыл бұрын

Does the plastic leech into the water ? Affect the health of the plants or fish?

@samanthagrindrod5924 3 жыл бұрын

Can u use aquarium sand instead of gravel?

@philthytanks4952 5 жыл бұрын

Neat idea 💡

@skinney0011 8 жыл бұрын

It probably is a cheapo hydrometer. I got it with a tank we bought on Craig's list. I have been adding leftover water plus unhatched eggs and whatever brine shrimp were left in the hatch water to a 10 gallon tub with a small sponge filter. I have done some pwc but most of them died. I just did a large water change with green water I had outside that I added the appropriate amount of salt, Epsom salt and some baking soda to so keeping fingers crossed that this will help. I also added a heater

@fjl1637 8 жыл бұрын

Just ran across this video while searching types of substrate, pots and easy to grow aquarium plants for both my 30 gallon aquatic turtle (juveniles)/tropical fish community tank and an outdoor rubbermaid 100 gallon stock tank which I'm using as a temporary pond. I'm in the process of making a 500 gallon pond in my back yard for my spiny soft shell turtle who's outgrown the aquarium....GREAT TIP ON A CHEAP POTS FOR AQUARIUM PLANTS BRO! Other then just standard aquarium gravel is there a better substrate I could add to this type of plastic pot?

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

+FJ L Thanks! Im glad you found me! Im originally a koi keeper. I still have two above ground ponds that I've built. 500 gal and 800 gal. and am digging a 2000 gallon this year. love ponds man. have some koi that are 25" plus! My only concern with the substrate is it falling out of the holes. one thing I have done in some of my plant pots is lined them with a mesh. the finer the material the finer the subsrate can be. what do you prefer to use? Thanks for watching my vids!

@TankerReview 7 жыл бұрын

THE INTRO IS SO FKING LONG!!!!!!!!!

@skinney0011 8 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike. I really enjoy your vids. I saw you have a brine shrimp grow out tank and was wondering if you would do a how to video for them. I'm trying but not succeeding at all. Thanks for your angelfish vids too. We are breeding them and all educational info is valuable.

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

Hey! Very cool. I struggled at first to. I will make a vid on it but just to hurry and help.... What is your set up and are you measuring salinity with a cheapo hydrometer?

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

And thank you for watching them. Love being able to talk to people doing the same thing.

@seanpotgieter572 8 жыл бұрын

What sort of substrate would I put in the pots for the plants to grow in?

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

Definitely a gravel. Depending on the size whiles you make will depend on the size gravel recommended.

@Stephen_Strange Жыл бұрын

Yeah - wash the gravel first, ideally stones or pebbles from a place where the fish is used to - sea fish ( beach pebbles) river fish (riverbed stones) etc.

@dez3030 8 жыл бұрын

whats the biggie looking thing you have the plants in on some of your other vids

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

+Desmond Harper they are simple sports drink bottles lined with a fabric. I made a vid on cutting the bottles and making pots but didn't include the fabric due to having issues with it. When fish flash(rub) and contact this stuff it rips the scales right off. Something a little softer would do better. Thanks for watching!

@officialmartian 8 жыл бұрын

what have you put inside the pots and do you the type of plant your using

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

I've have Amazon swords, cryptocorene, and water Sprite in pots. All have done well.

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

+Mike's Fish Room I simply fill them with gravel and add a root tab for fertilization.

@toguro5117 8 жыл бұрын

hey man i just got a 29 gallon any reccomendations for a center piece fish? i plan on have a school of tetras some guppies and a school of corey cats

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

As long as their aggression is mild it's really up to you. I have a 29 community in the front of my house and I have neon tetras, cherry barbs, a blue dwarf gourami, African lead fish and rainbow shark. I think it's the shark hitting the gourami but that's the only issue I have. One thing i myself want to look into are the beautiful varieties of plecos. I think having a couple of different schools with some kind of polka dotted pleco gliding around the bottom would look pretty sweet.

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

All comes down to being a community fish and you liking it for sure.

@toguro5117 8 жыл бұрын

+Mike's Fish Room thanks if i had the funds and could find one id love to have a zebra pleco as a center piece but ive been leaning toward a dwarf gourami

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

+Toguro I have some experience with the dwarfs. They can get mildly aggressive with one another. They seem to lay off of tetras a little more. They won't even mess with bigger fish. Zebra plecos are beautiful. I agree with you there

@kieranpreston6023 8 жыл бұрын

would you be able to make a video about how to know the gender of angels and how to breed them?

@MikesFishRoom1 8 жыл бұрын

+MUSIC NOTE I do plan on doing a more detailed video on that. I have a couple of vids under angel fish that should at least show good shots of the male and female organs. Thanks dude. I'll make that vid soon.