@lbtheman12345 - I can't say I am up to the latest in lighting. I think the move to LED is a little premature but they are promising. I use a striplight that has two 55W or 65W compact fluorescent bulbs. You can use two of those striplights for high intensity requirements and those bulbs are cheap and easy to get. I like 10,000K light color but any "daylight" bulb should be OK.
Great looking tanks. You make me want to get a CO2 system. You should consider Rasbora or maybe a Black Tetra that schools and is not hard on the shrimp. Plants are amazing.
hey dude! Im at plantedtank too, but how do you grow your round pellia (subwassertang) like that? It looks so round and nice! please replay thank you!
@sayurasem Put the Pelia under the mesh. Sooner or later, as the mass expands outward, the inside will become necrotic. You can either trim it regularly, or let it enlarge until one day you need to do it all over again.
can you please please tell me how to take care of live plants, i currently have fake plants (look my video to see it} but i want to get live plants i think they look better and will help my tank on nitrate and ammonia. what do i need to keep live plants. please any info will be appreciate it. thank you
@supersanchez1991 I would start out with plants that are easy to grow, and without much light. Go to one of the aquarium plant retailers and see what they suggest for beginners. Make sure you have enough light but not too much. 2-3" of substrate is a good start. You will learn as you go but I think to start out with plant selection is the key to success.
@freespiritxoxoxo - I didn't think they would be OK with shrimp but looking at other videos, I guess shrimp and neons do get along. Thanks! That'll be my project for this weekend!
i am setting up my 40 gallon planted tank this weekend.i pretty much understand everything except for the co2 injection or c02 canister.could someone please explain to me what this means and is it a must have for plants and fish?thanks.
@joshy39769 - get some plastic mesh (like from a bag of oranges) and tie it around a flat stone with the moss underneath the mesh. You can do this for just about all mosses.
@joshy39769 - the moss will be fine. As long as the mesh is big enough to let the moss grow through it, it'll be fine. You can also use string to tie it around.
i have a 20 gallon tank that used to look nice like yours, but over the years i stopped cleaning it, and its now like algae covered ruins, i kinda like the look though
@starthi unadulterated kitty litter is just bentonite clay. I use that as my base. It is covered by sand. After this video was posted, I put down a top layer of Aquarium Plants substrate (similar to eco complete).
The "grass" is like the moss. You can get a clump of different mosses from various shops/enthusiasts.
@starthi I would top with 3/4" of sand or 1" of a substrate like eco-complete. the soil or the litter will probably continue to make the water cloudy for quite some time.
@starthi I bought the aquariumplantsdotcom substrate which comes in a big bucket. Not too expensive considering shipping is free. It is nice and dark and is very similar in size to eco-complete....nice small pellets.
Beautiful tank. I just have a smaller tank with some Java Moss, Java Fern and Pellia. Still very new so it's nice to see what it can look like once things have had a chance to grow out a bit.
@Vlaxitov - do you trim your fissidens? It grows out and then seems to decay at the base, lifting the whole bunch off the wood. I am trying to do a fissidens wall instead.
I've only ever used the longer fissedens on wood. I think its called zipper moss.
As dumb as it sounds, I probably spent as much on my wood as my fish. I also have an angelic and green phantom pleco that love chewing on it.
I can't fully tell but it appears you use the same wood. How many WPG's are you pushing. I've found that fissidens need alot more lite than people claim it does. If you're getting it to grow at all, thats better than alot of people do.
@Vlaxitov - I have 5WPG. The fissidens grows the slowest of my mosses but it still grows well. I have it in low light tanks and you are right, it doesn't grow well (if at all). The pelia grows too fast--had to take it out. Suberwassertang is perfect--not too fast and always looks great too. Thanks for your comments.
Yeah, Im not doing pelia atm but might again real soon. That stuff is in a way like fissidens in the sense that I found myself misinformed and frustrated with it the first time around.
My problem with it at the time was water temp. Süßwassertang is actually just a variety of pelia. Good to know its slower growing because it does look good. Thanks for the info.
they have tablets you can put in your aquarium but thats if you dont have any fish in their if you have fish you can use some aquarium salt, but not 100% effective. some people use fish such as puffers and clown loaches
use a small wide mouth glass jar, say 3oz?? put an algae wafer in the bottom then after your lights have been out for 2 hrs you'll find it full . . . that or those green pea puffers do a good job!
Oh, i already have Taiwan moss, I just bought roots monster for plant fertilizer from ebay and i don't know how many balls that i can press into the ground of my 40gallons? Thankyou very much mishmosh2000. I'll post my video later.
OK, I looked at the moss pics at plantedtank and can say that the middle moss is likely Taiwan moss. The aggressive moss I am trying to get rid of is weeping moss--that stuff will stick to anything and grows fast!
Once you have the video clip on your computer, after you sign in to youtube there is a yellow "upload" button that you press. Just follow the instructions to select the file. Uploading can take a LONG time.
I love the middle one, your tank look clean everywhere. My tank look so ugly because i have too many algae on ground and all over the plants. I had about 60-80 guppys friend included frys in my 40gallon tank. I think many fish to make the algae easy to grow.
The Taiwan moss its look like the middle moss of your tank. I don't know much about the moss, they are look almost the same. I think the Taiwan moss its not the weeping moss.
Hi mishmosh2000, the Taiwan moss that's weeping moss, what's the name of moss that on left hand and the moss of middle one and the right hand, Could you please tell me what are they? i'll get rid of all my moss and so i'll buy the same like your moss. Your moss look very nice.
Left is the suberwassertang, right is the Pelia. These do not stick to much of anything and look really different from other mosses as they have broad surfaces. The middle? Maybe it's Christmas moss--not sure.
Hello mishmosh2000, thanks for help, I had TAIWAN Moss , Java Moss and Dwarf Baby Tears on ground and i don't know why. I have algae is living over the leafs.
Hi, how many watts of your light and how many hours to turn the light on?. I don't know why, my plants had too many moss growing over the leafs and on the ground. This video showed all plants look beautiful and clean of leafs and on ground. What's happen to my plants? I leave the light on about 8-12hours daily. anyone here know about that? Please help me. Thanks
I have about 5W/Gal and have the lights on 10 hours/day. I only run 1 bps of CO2 and have that 12 hours/day because my plants are non-demanding. I also only fertilize once after a water change (every 6-8 weeks). ALso, what moss do you have. Some mosses are very aggressive. I do not have Java or Weeping moss because it is too agressive and grows on anything. My pelia, suberwassertang, flame and christmas moss tend not to stick to things.
love the plants...i have a question though..what co2 do you use..diy or pro setup and in the other vid i saw a red sea reactor 500, how much did it cost...cause im kinda thinkin on ordering one fo those on the net and not sure if its a good diffuser...thanks
the red sea is only good for small tanks--maybe up to 20gal or so. I went with a CO2 reactor (external) so I could handle higher bubble rates. However, I ended up with 1 bubble per second because my plants are not demanding. I would NOT recommend DIY yeast CO2...it is a pain in the long run. Get a CO2 cylinder, a regulator, and some form of reactor.
beautiful tank.. i'm thinking of getting subwassertang moss.. is it an easy plant? also you you use and additives or fertilizers? thanks for the post...
EASY. Just needs light and CO2. I use ferts but not often...just a few days after every water change. Pellia also easy and just as beautiful. BTW, don't know if you caught my correction, but the moss on the right of the tank is actually Pelia (subwassertang on the left of tank).
They are in the 58 gallon where they have a lot more vertical room to swim. I will post an update of that tank soon--they are still a little skittish from the move.
Whats a good fluorescent light fixture for a 40 gallon breeder that you recommend?
lbtheman12345 1 month ago
@lbtheman12345 - I can't say I am up to the latest in lighting. I think the move to LED is a little premature but they are promising. I use a striplight that has two 55W or 65W compact fluorescent bulbs. You can use two of those striplights for high intensity requirements and those bulbs are cheap and easy to get. I like 10,000K light color but any "daylight" bulb should be OK.
mishmosh2000 1 month ago
@mishmosh2000 Where did you get your striplights?
lbtheman12345 1 month ago
@lbtheman12345 - usually ebay. They have cheap power compact bulbs too.
mishmosh2000 1 month ago
Great looking tanks. You make me want to get a CO2 system. You should consider Rasbora or maybe a Black Tetra that schools and is not hard on the shrimp. Plants are amazing.
paducahFishFan 3 months ago
This is a great looking tank. Well kept and trimmed!
OnlineFishTank 3 months ago
hey dude! Im at plantedtank too, but how do you grow your round pellia (subwassertang) like that? It looks so round and nice! please replay thank you!
sayurasem 3 months ago
@sayurasem Hey sweet! Just start with a flat small stone and wrap it under plastic netting. It'll grow out like that.
mishmosh2000 3 months ago
@mishmosh2000 so just some round pellia on top of flat mesh? Does the inside died because no light?
sayurasem 2 months ago
@sayurasem Put the Pelia under the mesh. Sooner or later, as the mass expands outward, the inside will become necrotic. You can either trim it regularly, or let it enlarge until one day you need to do it all over again.
mishmosh2000 2 months ago
Did you inject Co2 in this tank?
SuperKillifish 4 months ago
What light did you have over the 58 gallon? What light do you have on current tank?
SuperKillifish 4 months ago
@SuperKillifish - yes, this tank has co2 and 4 x 55W power compact flourescent bulbs. My 58gal lo-tech has only 2 x 55W bulbs.
mishmosh2000 4 months ago
good looking tank. check mine out. Let me kno what you think
18koopatroopa 4 months ago
That is really nice! Please check out mine!
mrsandnhs 7 months ago
Very nicely done! how long did it take for the moss to cover the one stone in the foreground?
cloudinfinity 7 months ago
can you please please tell me how to take care of live plants, i currently have fake plants (look my video to see it} but i want to get live plants i think they look better and will help my tank on nitrate and ammonia. what do i need to keep live plants. please any info will be appreciate it. thank you
supersanchez1991 7 months ago
@supersanchez1991 I would start out with plants that are easy to grow, and without much light. Go to one of the aquarium plant retailers and see what they suggest for beginners. Make sure you have enough light but not too much. 2-3" of substrate is a good start. You will learn as you go but I think to start out with plant selection is the key to success.
mishmosh2000 7 months ago
I think your aquarium is very beautiful! Was just wondering why you don't add some neons and maybe some tetras? That would look really pretty!
freespiritxoxoxo 5 months ago
@freespiritxoxoxo - I didn't think they would be OK with shrimp but looking at other videos, I guess shrimp and neons do get along. Thanks! That'll be my project for this weekend!
mishmosh2000 5 months ago
i am setting up my 40 gallon planted tank this weekend.i pretty much understand everything except for the co2 injection or c02 canister.could someone please explain to me what this means and is it a must have for plants and fish?thanks.
MrGotemcoach 9 months ago
how do u make the subwassertang moss into balls?
joshy39769 10 months ago
@joshy39769 - get some plastic mesh (like from a bag of oranges) and tie it around a flat stone with the moss underneath the mesh. You can do this for just about all mosses.
mishmosh2000 10 months ago
@mishmosh2000 but wouldn't it hurt the plant? well after doing that just do not care and put it in to the tank?
joshy39769 10 months ago
@joshy39769 - the moss will be fine. As long as the mesh is big enough to let the moss grow through it, it'll be fine. You can also use string to tie it around.
mishmosh2000 10 months ago
i have a 20 gallon tank that used to look nice like yours, but over the years i stopped cleaning it, and its now like algae covered ruins, i kinda like the look though
xXEzkatonXx 1 year ago
thnks for the reply my man!
starthi 1 year ago
hey man wht did u use for substrate? ( sadn, cat litter) thnks in advance!
ohh and how did u plant little grass like tht? is there seed u can buy or somthing?
starthi 1 year ago
@starthi unadulterated kitty litter is just bentonite clay. I use that as my base. It is covered by sand. After this video was posted, I put down a top layer of Aquarium Plants substrate (similar to eco complete).
The "grass" is like the moss. You can get a clump of different mosses from various shops/enthusiasts.
mishmosh2000 1 year ago
@mishmosh2000 ok i made the tank with potting soil and cat litter, and hav few plants, but its really murky. did this happen to urs or... and advise?
starthi 1 year ago
@starthi I would top with 3/4" of sand or 1" of a substrate like eco-complete. the soil or the litter will probably continue to make the water cloudy for quite some time.
mishmosh2000 1 year ago
@mishmosh2000 yeah man im thinking of just buying the soil, from petsmart, do u know any place to buy it at for cheap?
starthi 1 year ago
@starthi I bought the aquariumplantsdotcom substrate which comes in a big bucket. Not too expensive considering shipping is free. It is nice and dark and is very similar in size to eco-complete....nice small pellets.
mishmosh2000 1 year ago
planted aquarium...or aquarium WITH plants ?
flamepeace 1 year ago
Beautiful tank. I just have a smaller tank with some Java Moss, Java Fern and Pellia. Still very new so it's nice to see what it can look like once things have had a chance to grow out a bit.
psilokan 1 year ago
Your suppossed to have fish in it what's the hole point if it doest
NAJUAXO 1 year ago
@NAJUAXO
who says?!
who says you HAVE to have fish? I think 'water gardens' (as I like to call them)
are absolutely beautiful just the way they are. Besides sometimes fish just complicate things.
pacificpanic 1 year ago
why the hell isn't there any fish in your fish tank? DUMB
randy5390 1 year ago
Nice tank.
I'm currently only working with mosses, fissedens, pelia, which are guaranteed to not look like shit, ever.
All the other plants I tried either went through dormant cycles where they looked like hell, or overgrew my tank on a weekly basis.
Vlaxitov 2 years ago
@Vlaxitov - do you trim your fissidens? It grows out and then seems to decay at the base, lifting the whole bunch off the wood. I am trying to do a fissidens wall instead.
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
I've only ever used the longer fissedens on wood. I think its called zipper moss.
As dumb as it sounds, I probably spent as much on my wood as my fish. I also have an angelic and green phantom pleco that love chewing on it.
I can't fully tell but it appears you use the same wood. How many WPG's are you pushing. I've found that fissidens need alot more lite than people claim it does. If you're getting it to grow at all, thats better than alot of people do.
Vlaxitov 2 years ago
Light* hahahaha
Vlaxitov 2 years ago
@Vlaxitov - I have 5WPG. The fissidens grows the slowest of my mosses but it still grows well. I have it in low light tanks and you are right, it doesn't grow well (if at all). The pelia grows too fast--had to take it out. Suberwassertang is perfect--not too fast and always looks great too. Thanks for your comments.
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
Yeah, Im not doing pelia atm but might again real soon. That stuff is in a way like fissidens in the sense that I found myself misinformed and frustrated with it the first time around.
My problem with it at the time was water temp. Süßwassertang is actually just a variety of pelia. Good to know its slower growing because it does look good. Thanks for the info.
Vlaxitov 2 years ago
I love this video and the plants, outstanding, but I don't think I ever saw a shrimp in this shrimp tank!
RobertPaulHudson 2 years ago
yeah, i feed a lot, wow they can eat algae so i don't have to kill them... thanks
LyManhTien 2 years ago
I can't kill them because i have too many all over my tank
LyManhTien 2 years ago
The snails are good for eating algae? or snails gonna destroyed plants? Thanks for reply mishmosh200
LyManhTien 2 years ago
Yeah, snails eat algae and detritus. Do you feed a lot? Is that why you have so many?
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
anyone here know about how to anti-snails? my Tank had too many snails
LyManhTien 2 years ago
Snails are usually limited by what they can eat. I wish I had more but the shrimp clean the tank like nobody's business.
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
they have tablets you can put in your aquarium but thats if you dont have any fish in their if you have fish you can use some aquarium salt, but not 100% effective. some people use fish such as puffers and clown loaches
nockturnal13 2 years ago
use a small wide mouth glass jar, say 3oz?? put an algae wafer in the bottom then after your lights have been out for 2 hrs you'll find it full . . . that or those green pea puffers do a good job!
clogstonian 2 years ago
Here's my video plants /watch?v=P96SHJPU6T8
d2jsp911 2 years ago
What's the moss around 1:43-44 when music started to play? Thank you
yadid 2 years ago
I believe that is weeping moss...very hardy and fast growing.
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
Oh, i already have Taiwan moss, I just bought roots monster for plant fertilizer from ebay and i don't know how many balls that i can press into the ground of my 40gallons? Thankyou very much mishmosh2000. I'll post my video later.
d2jsp911 2 years ago
Hi mishmosh2000 , are you sure 100% the middle moss that's Christmas moss? because i would like to buy one. Its look nice. Thanks
d2jsp911 2 years ago
OK, I looked at the moss pics at plantedtank and can say that the middle moss is likely Taiwan moss. The aggressive moss I am trying to get rid of is weeping moss--that stuff will stick to anything and grows fast!
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
How to post video on this youtube. i'll take the video of my tank about 2 weeks later and i have to find out how to post on this youtube.
d2jsp911 2 years ago
Once you have the video clip on your computer, after you sign in to youtube there is a yellow "upload" button that you press. Just follow the instructions to select the file. Uploading can take a LONG time.
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
I love the middle one, your tank look clean everywhere. My tank look so ugly because i have too many algae on ground and all over the plants. I had about 60-80 guppys friend included frys in my 40gallon tank. I think many fish to make the algae easy to grow.
d2jsp911 2 years ago
Post some video!
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
The Taiwan moss its look like the middle moss of your tank. I don't know much about the moss, they are look almost the same. I think the Taiwan moss its not the weeping moss.
d2jsp911 2 years ago
Hi mishmosh2000, the Taiwan moss that's weeping moss, what's the name of moss that on left hand and the moss of middle one and the right hand, Could you please tell me what are they? i'll get rid of all my moss and so i'll buy the same like your moss. Your moss look very nice.
d2jsp911 2 years ago
Left is the suberwassertang, right is the Pelia. These do not stick to much of anything and look really different from other mosses as they have broad surfaces. The middle? Maybe it's Christmas moss--not sure.
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
Hello mishmosh2000, thanks for help, I had TAIWAN Moss , Java Moss and Dwarf Baby Tears on ground and i don't know why. I have algae is living over the leafs.
d2jsp911 2 years ago
I don't know about Taiwan moss (maybe it is what I call weeping moss?), but get rid of the Java Moss! It grows too fast and is uncontrollable!
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
Hi, how many watts of your light and how many hours to turn the light on?. I don't know why, my plants had too many moss growing over the leafs and on the ground. This video showed all plants look beautiful and clean of leafs and on ground. What's happen to my plants? I leave the light on about 8-12hours daily. anyone here know about that? Please help me. Thanks
d2jsp911 2 years ago
I have about 5W/Gal and have the lights on 10 hours/day. I only run 1 bps of CO2 and have that 12 hours/day because my plants are non-demanding. I also only fertilize once after a water change (every 6-8 weeks). ALso, what moss do you have. Some mosses are very aggressive. I do not have Java or Weeping moss because it is too agressive and grows on anything. My pelia, suberwassertang, flame and christmas moss tend not to stick to things.
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
love the plants...i have a question though..what co2 do you use..diy or pro setup and in the other vid i saw a red sea reactor 500, how much did it cost...cause im kinda thinkin on ordering one fo those on the net and not sure if its a good diffuser...thanks
ENRIQUEGOITIA 2 years ago
the red sea is only good for small tanks--maybe up to 20gal or so. I went with a CO2 reactor (external) so I could handle higher bubble rates. However, I ended up with 1 bubble per second because my plants are not demanding. I would NOT recommend DIY yeast CO2...it is a pain in the long run. Get a CO2 cylinder, a regulator, and some form of reactor.
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
i only have a 10g but with low toi medium demanding plants...and dont have the money to buy co2 cylinder yet
ENRIQUEGOITIA 2 years ago
You may as well experiment with the yeast CO2 to see the plant response. It is actually very neat to see what a little CO2 can do to plants!
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
beautiful tank.. i'm thinking of getting subwassertang moss.. is it an easy plant? also you you use and additives or fertilizers? thanks for the post...
buki671 2 years ago
EASY. Just needs light and CO2. I use ferts but not often...just a few days after every water change. Pellia also easy and just as beautiful. BTW, don't know if you caught my correction, but the moss on the right of the tank is actually Pelia (subwassertang on the left of tank).
mishmosh2000 2 years ago
thanks.. i did see the correction.. the moss to the left is the one i was refering to.. thanks again..
buki671 2 years ago
Do you buy your plants at stores or online?
Toucan38 2 years ago
wheres ur bluegill and rockbass now
dudrhkd7 2 years ago
They are in the 58 gallon where they have a lot more vertical room to swim. I will post an update of that tank soon--they are still a little skittish from the move.
mishmosh2000 2 years ago