After watching 100 videos I found this. I am at exactly this point. Starting with a second hand 80g 4 ft. It all about the plants.

I had an ingenious idea come to me when it came to suspending plants in the water. Rather than use unsightly plastic holders or styrofoam, and fumbling with clips and zip ties, I grabbed two spiderwood chunks I had and hooked their roots over the edge of the aquarium. This provided plenty of areas to stick plants into. It actually looks amazing because it continues with the natural look a riparium is all about. And they are easily adjusted and moved. I also positioned a long piece of driftwood so it was sticking out of the water by about a foot. I used this to clip my light to. Again, no fumbling with brackets or shelves or hooks.

This is exactly the video I've been searching for. Tons of experts on youtube showing off their beautiful tanks, but not much help for a beginner. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for the caddy idea. Nobody's really given me a good way to hang these plants up until I saw that caddies are an option. Thank you! Informative, beautiful, and overall a fantastic creation. Loved this

Good job. Great to see new channels on the same page with deep substrates. I love your theme. Good photography. Good content.

Wow, what a great tutorial!! So glad I found your channel. Thank you so much!!

Very informative. Can't wait to build my first ripariums! Thank you!

This was extremely helpful and easy as we had all these houseplants already!! Thank you for the tutorial!!! Our fish are loving it!!

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!!!

That look really nice, Thanks for showing

I'm very glad I found your video! Thanks for posting, always admired seeing these at the tropical fish stores but didn't know how to start building!

Love the Moon light and your beautiful plants

This is very cool Im gonna try this my 28 gallon tank thanks love your ideas

A wonderful video, thank you for the inspiration :)

Great ideas, thanks for sharing

I have houseplant rooted cuttings in some of my tanks, but I am really inspired by this and it is going to be my next aquarium, number seven.

I’m so glad I found your channel. Thanks so much for sharing all this great info. I’ve been wanting to convert one of my aquariums into a riparium for ages - and you’ve inspired me to finally just do it. Thanks again.

Thankyou...this had given me some confidence to try!

Excellent Excellent work!

I like your videos. Pothos is a great plant for all ages and experience levels.I really like Fittonia too.I have propagated several plants from the original ones that I bought. I clipped some pothos down to one leaf and one node.Its been about a year, but I have a good size plant that has grown from the clippings.

I love it, it's so beautiful

Hello Mr. PlantLife, I am very new on aquarium Fish/Plant hobby, I wish i watch your video first before i went hunting for the supply. I will continue watching for info, I nearly gave up until i remembered your words "dont give up and give it time"

Love this!

Good job man, just beautifullll riparium respect👍👏

Its really Good, Informative and much Kudos to you for sharing such videos.

Great work,love it 👏👏👏

Great video, thanks! Gonna start on this project asap. Will look for part 2

Dude you’re amazing. I have been growing pothos in my tank for a while they have grown a little since i put them in but havent done much. Now i have hope that i can make them flourish

Great camara angles! It looks beautiful!

Very Educational..😀

This was an awesome video, the caddy deal is the best idea ever, ty

This was a great intro to the riparium hobby that didn't make me feel dumb 😅 thanks for the video!

PERFECT!

This looks amazing!!

I made something like this about 26 years ago in the dining area of the house, it got the sun almost all day long so the plants had plenty of light. I used an old plastic babies bath as my water container and used a small filter mainly to ensure the water got plenty of oxygen added in. I grew ferns all around the outside and had papyrus plants growing in the water along with whatever I found in a local pet shop. It grew very well, the fish were happy and loved it, grew quite large. The problem came when we moved, the new house wasn't as good and the rooms were a lot darker. It only lasted another few months after that, the plants died off and the fish didn't appreciate being moved into an aquarium at all, leaving me with a fairly new aquarium, filter system etc and nothing else. But would like to do it again because it seemed, for the 10 years or so I had it running successfully, that both the flora and the fauna were happy with the arrangement. Thanks for a great video, and I think you've spurred me on to trying again, this time using an aquarium from the beginning.

This was great .... definitely liked and subscribed . Clear, concise ,straight to the point with a relaxing voice . Very well done and Inspiring. Many Thanks 😊

Excellent information and tutorials. Thank you so much.

Soooo beautiful

Love your videos ❤️

You know I always wanted to actually include potted plants inside the tank but since my tanks are a bit limited because of size what I did was I actually just put potted plants next to the tank and on top of the filter in small pots It looks really good but one day when I have my own fish room I'm going to actually attempt to try what you did Another thing is my potted plants I can actually set them in the window seal during the day and they can have light and then at night they can just sit and look cool. how many subscriber of your channel by the way can't wait to see the fish

Awesome tutorial, new sub now... Thank you for the soil recipe 👍👍

Great ideas and doesn't break the budget!

Great idea! This will be my next project!

I’ve seen Peace Lilly growing in a Shopping Centre in water. There were several in a Waterfall display.

Looks fantastic!

Love the shower caddy idea! Liked & subscribed 😊

Loved the video. Very informative.

Thanks for the cheaper ideas on this

Oh wow this is a great channel and highly underrated

I like the shower caddy ideas, been thinking about adding live plants to my 125gal for some time but didn’t want to bury the roots in the substrate cause my fish will just dig them up.

I love your work and ideas. Best wishes from India 🇮🇳

thank you for the vid!

Amazing

Awesome video

you deserve way more subs bro

You can use plastic orchid pots instead of shower caddies.

Good job

Thank you for the detailed explanation as I am completely a novice and abit dim😂🤦‍♀️

Thank you!!!

Good job I have several ripariums in my house

this is exactly the beginner video ive been looking for. i have a planted tank but after 6+ months its still struggling. my aquatic plants just arent growing at all, and many times ive considered starting it over again. and this is exactly what ive always had in mind! im wondering what is the purpose of the cat litter in the soil?

Supper Dupper yar 😋 😍

Love it. By the way, what do you use for climbing plants? I noticed one in the background in your other tank. Wish I found you before I started my aquariums

Your videos are amazing! So stoked to build out the lush plant wall. But, I have a parlor palm that got dull and pale. Will reducing the hours of light it is getting help bring back it's color or should I think about getting a less intense grow light? How many hours do you have your lights on for your palms and peace lily?

GRATITUDE💥🌴🐟💥

My favorite channel. Please tell me what is that silver lamp fixture?

Hello Sir, I'm new to your channel and you've fascinated me with the simplicity and beauty of those rypariums. Could you explain a bit better how you hanged those plants?

See I have always used plants in all of my Aquariums. I have even gotten pothos to grow underwater. It grows extremely slow but still none the less is grows. I have a so many plants that have no rooted themselves into the water systems I have to use root tabs. I have even gotten mini plams to grow and live submerged in water. Thank for some of the tips. My question is though, what do you do about the the tank settling. Soon it will flatten out over time and gravel and sand will mix.

Great video! Will definitely try this on my fish tank. How do you know which plants are best for this type of riparium?

Hey this is a great vid. I am concerned of emerged plants taking the nutrients out of the water, away from my submerged plants. If anyone has any tips? I'll get a fertiliser, and cross fingers none of my plants die!

This is wonderful! I only worry about my fish jumping out of the aquarium. Does that ever happen? I had a kamikaze goldfish do that once.

Would suction cups be an easier option for holding the planters? You would be easily able to adjust height and placement also

Can you use leca in the planters instead of the pebbles/rocks?

Do you know if it’s ok to grow Dumb Cane in an aquarium? It looked like a type of Pothos to me. Thanks!

I seen in another video that if you have aquatic plants in the tank, the plants like pothos etc will take away the nutrients from the other plants killing them?

Thank you for sharing that peace lilies could have their stems submerged with just the leaves out of water, does this method has any limitation? Would the peace lilies grow as fast and vigorously? what would be ideal substrate depth for p lilies?

Do you have to do anything to the plants before adding them to the tank or can you put them straight in?

Can u just use dollar store wicker baskets? Do u have to spray them with krylon?

Is it okay to submerge peace lily half way of its stem in the water?

Id i dont have plant lights xan i put by window for sunlight

Where did you get the big plant holders?

Do you have any suggestions of type of plants that can be plantted into a 18" deep tank. Something that will come out of the tank

Do you use a heater in the water for your betas .

I’m confused on adding the air/water pump. Is it really necessary? And why? Is it more for the mixing of nutrients or delivering air somewhere? Or neither?

Do I put a pump in my 75 gallons and if so what size do I put in there

Thank you so much for the shower caddy hack! I have been trying to figure out how to get more houseplants in my tank without my angels eating them!

Can i use miracle grow soil in my aquarium

Great content and thank you. I know this is an older video, but your audio is quite low making it harder to hear. Disregard if you've corrected this now.

Any recommendations for cat litter that i can buy. Thanks for the vedio.

do you need substrate for all these plants or can any of them just thrive with roots in the water column ?

We followed your recipe to a tee, both with substrate and plants but after six weeks we still have ammonia off the charts. Would love to hear your feedback.

How do we mix the soil, kitty litter and fertilizer together?

Can you describe or link the pea gravel you used? Thanks.

Lovely idea but the soil concerns me as it may be toxic???

for lighting system, how many watts did you use for this project?

can i add snail, shrimp and fish to riparium?

Put a peace lily in tank water and now it's drooping and appears to be shriveled up? Can you tell me what to do?

Why did you dirt the tank if your not going to plant directly into the substrate itself?

Nice. My tank has been up for 2 days. When do you know your tank is ready for fish? This is my first tank. My ph is high, gh is high, kh is low. Nitrites and nitrates is low.

Do you have a favorite plant for gravel only aquarium?