planted tank

[nel122284]

wow beautiful tank.

[cojmasterk]

very nice tank, especially the plants. (got little dizzy watching, the camera moves too quick)

[lanceknow123]

is your columbian tetras mean or nip on your other fish cause i read online that they're a bit nippy and aggresive

[marodri82]

sorry slow to respond but no they dont nip any other fish very calm except feeding time ther aggersive eaters but only aggersive to fish food not to any fish

[lbwrstle197]

I love the song haha my fav vido game... Nice tank!

[nothingxbutxpoison]

i was wonderin if u use iron on ur plants and if using iron for the plants effects the fish in any way??? cuz i was growing water plants sepretly and i used plant grow and the plants are growing good so yeah if i move the plants to an aquarium will it hurt my fish?? oh i wanted to move the plants to my 10 gallon betta tank

[marodri82]

iron wont hurt fish at all execpt if it too high but by then water would me reddish

[MrClownLoach]

where did you get your fertilizer???

[marodri82]

local pet stores if you cant find it local try ebay

[pluto142]

Wow your fish are REALY colour full, what are they?

[marodri82]

neon tetras glofish and cardinal

[seka1986]

Looks good. How much lighting do you have? Do you ever vacuum the gravel?

[marodri82]

ya i do vacuum regular lighting it came with with a little natural sunlight mixed in

[yuriogy1]

great tank m8; i was actually worrying that I needed to add CO2 to my tank with currently only 1 live plant but now after seeing your beautiful healthy tank, I don't think adding additional CO2 is really needed. I hope to get my tank as sexy as yours :D

[marodri82]

thank for the comment need help with something let me know

[makain04]

Hey, nice tank. Do you add co2 and/or oxygen to the water?

[marodri82]

no to me i think the fish and shrimp and snail make enough co2 I think co2 is kind of a crock unless you have few or no fish but don't ever overstock fish thanks for the reply

[PaintedHorseLover]

Love your tank. I tired to do the live plants but they didn't do well. Were did you get your plants from?

[marodri82]

gots some at walmart and some at local pet stores and ebay

[marodri82]

ya they usally come in breather bags lets oxegen in co2 out i order 4 time diffrenT SELLERS ALL CAME IN ALIVE

[marodri82]

sorry about the noise tring to keep my 2year old quite i laugh every time i hear it thank for watching

[Jcashrulez]

ohyea 1 more, how do you keep algae of your tank with out having plecos or in my case chinese algae eater from eating plants?

[marodri82]

Otocinclus Catfish or otto cat its nickname very good algae eater stay small doesnt mess with the other fish and keep plants algae free it eats the algae off the plants must have for a planted tank. red cherry shrimp work good and plants eat the nutrients that cause algae and the marimo ball look it up it is a algae ball that suck up nutrients that other algae would use take away the nutrients no alge buidup don't get me wrong it controls outbreaks but does'nt stop it completly keeps it in check

[Jcashrulez]

so red cherry shrimps eat algae and wont maul my neons while they sleep on bottem? I would perfer to get a shrimp then a Catfish.

[marodri82]

no shrimp they are harmless wont touch fish not like a crayfish mine breed like crazy i have blue red and yellow shrimp check out my new video u can get a veiw of the yellow shrimp looks like it glowing check it out bro

[Jcashrulez]

Dam sweet looking yellow shrimp! Im totatly gonna get a few of em, ok 2 questions thou. will shrimps eat algae? or eat plants, cuz my creyfish eat no algae and mauled my plants lol

[marodri82]

just algae and left over fish food keep the tank looking spotless i have four yellow shrimp and one full of eggs hope some make it the cherry red shrimp breed like crazy going to have to sell some I got 20 from breeder from around the world so they would not be imbreed super red have like 100s now i also have 5 blue pearl shrimp i love watching shrimp notice some little blue babies in the tank too well later good luck with your shrimp can find cheap reds on ebay try their first jcashrulez

[Jcashrulez]

i much enjoy your planted tank:). I have a neon tetra tank just consisting of gravel + sand under it and drift wood, I need the very basics to keep plants alive and growing. i planted some small grass like plants that grew some how and all i had on it was sun light. Any advise and how the hell my 1 plant grew would be awsome:D

[marodri82]

sorry what kind of light do you use no artifical light or do you have next to a window

[Jcashrulez]

i have my tank next to a window.

[marodri82]

what up bro some plants do good like that lowlight plant that do good java fern and java mose.anubias

[Jcashrulez]

kk sweet java fern and java mose, alright ill buy some of that stuff. Isent that the moss's that grow on driftwood?

[marodri82]

sorry bout that meant java moss not java mose they both grow on driftwood or lava rock like to attach java moss to rock then bury it so just the top exposed like a bush another great plant is anubias low light grows great attach the java moss or fern with rubberband of fishing line hope this helps

[marodri82]

neon and cardinal tetra glo with driftwood because it release tainnins that makes the water soft think about it they come from the rainforest were trees and leaves fall in the water my neon would die every time i tried them untill i got my tank with driftwood got alot of peices of driftwood and live plant now they trive and get a little bigger then normal just glow with happiness supper bright hope this help some neon tetras out there

[Jcashrulez]

lol your right i could never get neons to live, but now they all live and grow big. Some of my neons have a funny zit like thing on there face what is that?

[marodri82]

is it white ball type thing i think it eggs that accidently got stuck on their face thats what i think i pull it off cause i dint know what it was but that the only thing ican think of it could be

[Jcashrulez]

really eggs? i didn't no that lol