The Simple Secret to Healthy, Successful Planted Aquariums

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G'day Legends,
Today I wanted to fill you in on all the secrets I live by to keep the amount of long term planted aquariums I do.
There's nothing impossible or complicated about it and with a few simple tweaks you too can conquer your aquariums.
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@nurrr2041 6 ай бұрын

Mate, you need so much moreviews. You are very knowlegable and able to simplify things. I lol'ed at trillian kelvins and billions of watts

@edstar81 Жыл бұрын

Great video mate. Easy to follow

@ricksquiggles2473 Жыл бұрын

That was a good video explaining the triangle method of plant requirements. Great video overall 👍

@KTD2345 6 ай бұрын

Great explanations! Thanks for sharing

@BlakesAquatics 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Aquafinity Жыл бұрын

Nice video Blake. Thanks for the advice!

@susanzhu9416 11 ай бұрын

Love your videos. Very in-depth and easy to understand! Keep it up :)

@BlakesAquatics 11 ай бұрын

Thanks 😄

@Stephenkiernanbackup Жыл бұрын

Always a awesome day when vlake uploads

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@carlam.9529 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Blake. Good advice 😊

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

@adso5555555 Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the video trying to simplify such a complicated hobby! Your triangle diagram is really clever. You mentioned air stones left on at night might be reducing C02 levels.. thats intriguing, will look into it.

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate best of luck with it

@adieaf61 7 ай бұрын

Excellent

@BlakesAquatics 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@brandonhk1lljoys Жыл бұрын

Absolute BBBBanger, great info✌️♥️

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate ✌️✌️

@GLP_Aquatics 11 ай бұрын

great video Blake, Keepitassimple as possible :). i struggle with lack of Potassium, i get alot of pin pricks. i have found root tabs do the trick, not really fertiliser in the water column. i know that my lights are also not the best, but they do just enough. great video!!

@BlakesAquatics 11 ай бұрын

Good awareness, thanks for watching

@Jenny12j7 14 күн бұрын

Blake what sort of organic potting mix should I pick from Bunnings your potting mix from walsted method isn’t there

@Outside-InAquatics Жыл бұрын

Pinholes can be confusing though because sometimes it's plecos chewing to aggressively on plants. So you should probably know how to spot the difference between nutrient causes holes and chewing😊

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

Oh 100% loaches, plecos, even plenty of barbs and things love to be pests like that

@streettrash4220 Жыл бұрын

My bristlenose trio eat my aponogeton. It was huge and beautiful, but now there’s only a few tiny leaves hanging in there at any given time. They basically eat it as fast as it can grow. Not sure why, but they absolutely love that plant specifically.

@Outside-InAquatics Жыл бұрын

@@streettrash4220 I moved all my plecos to one tank. I was soo sick of them eating plants that I was trying to grow out. At first I couldn't figure it out. I tried using flourish which caused huge hair algae /and filamentous algae. I finally figured out it was plecos the whole time.

@Gilsfishroom Жыл бұрын

Great video. What is rhe wattage on the flood light?

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

Big one is 40w but i prefer the 20 and 30w ones

@bguen1234 8 ай бұрын

Good content. 💯 FYI: Your hand in the shot is wreaking havoc with your autofocus.

@BlakesAquatics 8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@ranjanty 7 ай бұрын

What are those blue fish in the tank with all the terracotta pots?

@jueadeo8843 7 ай бұрын

7:03 Do you have a video on how to set up this draining system that you have? How does it work? Interested in doing something similar to my set up. Thanks

@BlakesAquatics 7 ай бұрын

Not yet but I will do soon

@jueadeo8843 6 ай бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics Thanks I look forward to it

@sydmiller2973 11 ай бұрын

Are they the skull creek rainbows at 8:35? they've gotta be my favourite

@BlakesAquatics 11 ай бұрын

Sure are 😄

@raybellows9415 Жыл бұрын

I have several different varieties of freshwater fish in my 75-gallon tank but they keep eating all of the plant life. Do you have any suggestions for me?

@ianmilillo8491 Жыл бұрын

We always go for the Java ferns, Java moss and anubias

@jayjayhooksch1 Жыл бұрын

This is what I'm going with for my first planted aquarium as well. They are water column feeders so they don't need any soil. Other water column feeders that aren't rhizomatous are nice options too; any of the hygrophila family and bacopa are nice if you want to actually plant some plants and not just attach them to decor. Then of course there is floating plants too.

@NoName-rr3zh Жыл бұрын

Hey blake how many hours of light for water wisteria and water sprite.I'm doing 8hrs a i Day is that okay?

@NoName-rr3zh Жыл бұрын

Ignore the "i" thanks ❤

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

Hey mate it will depend on the intensity of the light but typically 8 to 10 hrs is the goal 👍

@NoName-rr3zh Жыл бұрын

Alright thanks...should i start on low light intensity first?

@jayshantdeva4137 Жыл бұрын

Hey,With underwater wisteria and water sprite would you recommend using root tabs or liquid fertiliser(seachem flourish) or both. I already added in 3 root tabs to my 145litre aquarium into the 4 terrocotta pots in my tank (I cut up the root tabs).Would it be safe (as in low algae risk) to add liquid fertiliser twice a week? The tank has run for like 6months but the plants were added 4hrs ago Thankyou!!!!

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

Those plants are definitely going to be water column feeders, in fact they can be floated anyways. I would recommend a liquid fert but definitely something with a bit more oomph than flourish

@jayshantdeva4137 Жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics what would u recommend

@jayshantdeva4137 Жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics will the root tabs cause algae issues?

@madmax1412 Жыл бұрын

Hey mate Love the Betta sorority tank. Could you please do a video showing the size of the tank, the plants and amount, what Betta's you have (I gather all females or is there one lucky male), type of Bettas (are they all the same, and if so, type. Love the blue BTW), how you introduced the fish (did you buy them all at once or in batches etc). I though a video would be better (or even Betta 😂) than answering questions in the comments. Cheers

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

Hey mate its not a sorority its a spawn that im growing out. Its a 4ft x 18 in x 18in tank (120cm x 45cm x 45cm. All born in one batch so no buying

@madmax1412 Жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics ok. Thanks. Looks great though. What type of Bettas are they? I've got a male and female Betta but in separate tanks and often thought of breeding them but wasn't sure how long fry can be kept together.

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

@@madmax1412 fry can be kept together a super long time, in most cases forever as lomg as you dont change anything Parents were marbled hmpk but also be mindful bettas only breed from between 8 months or so up to maybe 2 years

@madmax1412 Жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics Thanks for taking the time to reply. Appreciate it

@laurahockey9909 Жыл бұрын

It never makes sense to me. I've got tanks with aquasoil and sand so the roots can get right through and they grow shockingly. I've got a tank with just a thin layer of very fine gravel and the tank has been taken over by the plants. No Co2 at all.

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

What light are you running? Any liquid ferts?

@BlakesAquatics Жыл бұрын

Also what plants

@laurahockey9909 Жыл бұрын

@BlakesAquatics Dymax lights. Plants are Anubias, Crypts, Java Ferns, Monte Carlo, thin vals (dying), Mayaca, Elodea, Amazon Sword, something thin, red & green I can't remember name of. That's gone crazy. Currently housing a heap of guppy fry.

@matman429 Жыл бұрын

MMMMM chicken.I have a heap of plecos in my tank and they give the anubias a hard time,but i dont care the anubias shoots new leaves all the time.Oh and i inject Co2 and fertilize.