Thank you so much for such clear, comprehensive information! You are my go to for all things aquarium. I enjoy your laid back, easy going, endearing personality. KEEP THOSE VIDEOS COMING!! :-)
I know this video is nearly ancient; but, I love the large planted tank, behind you. The one that looks like a garden, with an overhead trellis. Just beautiful!
I wasn't sure about those black spots either, so thank you for clarifying that. Thanks for sharing such a great video with us, its always such a pleasure to see you🐠🍃🐡I love your tanks, they're so pretty filled with life and color. I'm excited to start growing these and I appreciate all the great information you've shared!
Very informative and helpful video delivered in a very watchable and modern format unlike many fish channels which often use over exaggeration, shakey camera quality and grunge rock backing music. Got yourself a new sub :)
Thanks jacob. I was worried about my plants getting damaged and I didn't know what was going on if my plant was melting or what. I've got roots coming with the new leafs.
Omg I've used the website so many times as a resource and only just stumbled across these videos and just now put 2 + 2 together and realized this is him!!! I'm irrationally excited about this, lol.
Contrary to what you said, it seems like they turn lighter with *more* light. Like they are ditching clorophil...? Idk But if you are sure about the light I will add a grow bulb..I wish I could get my greens to darken 😢
:I've been watching your vids a while and well, to me you are one of the best. I love your calm... and your information. You are the bomb, sir. Thank you.
I bought a java fern my first plant some reason the leaves are turning tan and fading any ad advice I have flourish advance CO2 Booster on hand please help
My leaves seem to always just turn black really, still have a lot of green leaves and new growth but some of the older, larger leaves are mostly black and it’s not due to new plants propagating. What’s going on with it? I fertilise and have decent lighting
.i have some java ferns here. They were going good, giving birth to plantlets and etc. But suddenly, they got black. Leaves got rotten. If i act quickly, i can romove the rotten leaves and new ones grows. If i take time to act, i lose the plant. My questions are: how to avoid this? Java fern does not support heat? Or doesnt support strong lights (my light is not so strong)? Lacks of nutrients? Long photoperiods? How to avoid the so called java fern disease ? i read about on the internet but ppl say its lacks of nitrogen or lacks of potassium, but i dont see a real reason about it. I divided the tank in two zones: light zone and shadow zone (just indirect light), the ferns are on the shadow zone and yes the plant is not rottening anymore, but is not giving many plantlets as before..
Thanks for the insight I have tons of new babies on leaves & I am trying to build my plants a little at a time work in progress. I am using flourish products without co2. Some advise on which chemicals to use in helping give nutrients to them please. Also have amazon swords & anibus plants in the tank. Thanks
I keep hearing how this is an easy beginner plant but for me it always turns brown. I follow the proper care instructions my water quality is good. Frustrating
I have 15 or so red wag platies in my heavily planted 25g. In that tank I have rotala rotundifolia, microsword, chainsword, dwarf baby tears, pogostemon helferi, staurogyne repens, vallisneria, aponogenton, water wisteria, and compacta swords and my red wag platies don't mess up my plants at all.
Thanks for the info! If one of the leaves comes off but still has juveniles on it and the base of the stem looks dead and dried up should you cut it at the stem so leaf will stay alive and float untill the young can be propagate?
Thx for the video, but theres a so called java fern disease, where the java ferns gets black from nothing. Do you know what it does to make them to turn into black and rottening? Some kind of lack of nutrients? Too much light? Warm season?
I have a 40litre tank with six Minnows and two Amano Shrimp. I had Java moss but I had to remove it due to its growth on the tank walls. I was wondering if java fern can work with the fish I have.
Here’s a question I cannot find an answer to. Lighting for java fern. Can I grow java fern with a cheap fluorescent bulb? The bulb I have is not meant for plants but is pretty bright. Can I grow java fern?
Hey Jacob. Ever dealt with Java Fern melt? Not much info about it is seen in the internet but a few hobbyists have been facing this problem. The leaves progressively turn into brown from the rhizome until the the whole leaf is semi-transparent brown and dead.
Contrary to my java fern.. I bought it as a large piece.. Then it slowly died.. Maybe because it has been grown immersed.. Lost all the big leaves and left with small new leaves.. Can it be grown faster? Im a bit impatient lol.
I have fern but every time I see it on the internet it looks brighter and in bunches mine is darker but it never grow extra leaves it's not dying and I know it's alive because smaller plants are growing from it but I don't understand why it's not growing anymore leaves
Would java fern do well with albino bristlenose plecos? I'm still researching what would be best for my tank, and looking into plants that can be attached to the wood and coconut shells I currently have in my tank.
Hi, I have Java Fern Trident and it is melting and becoming black. Can you help? rest of the plants are OK except bucephalandra Green wavy and MicrsorumTrident melting!
I read that when you first set up a planted aquarium its a good idea to drain the tank and let the roots grow with a low water line to stop the plant from floating, is this a good idea?
Thank god for this channel. I will certainly be subscribing. One thing missing from this video is how to prune! Maybe one of your subscribers can help. I'm new to planted aquariums and I have a java fern and some of the leaves just turned orange and started to decompose. The whole leaf. I cut it off at the stem. Is that the right way to prune it? Ps I found this video because I was wondering why the hell there were smaller leaves growing off the big leaves. That's pretty cool. I haven't seen many plants that do that.
Makeup Mobster always attach fern to rocks or wood I do it with a small rubber band to keep it attached then the roots will attach..trim off old dark rotting leaves..trimming it back of that will spur better growth.also add some flourish seachem fert.
Makeup Mobster Hey there, sounds like you have low potassium and low iron in your tank. Try adding some by getting Seachem Flourish and dose your tank based on how many plants you have. If you have a lot of plants, dose every couple days. If you don't have many plants then dose once a week. Hope that helps you. If you have any other questions then feel free to checkout my channel and my videos on tanks. You can post any questions you have there and I can answer them in a video. Good luck!
I have a java fern and all the leaves are black with no new growth, it’s been like this since I bought it (2months) what should I do to help it produce new growth?
Java Fern in a 6 gallon aquarium with one betta fish and no substrate. HOB filter with only biological and mechanical filtration. Java Fern free floating. WC once per week, approx 20%. Should I add fertilizer to the water column? If so, what brand?
Jacob...thank you for these plant videos...they really help me a lot. I have a quick question for you...do you find (or think or feel) that java fern would do well in a tank with hard water? My water is basically liquid rock and I love java fern and would love to grow them yet I have no epxerience growing them and my hard water concerns me. Thank you in advance!
Also, if your going to try leaving it long enough to latch onto the substrate - you have to bury the roots, but leave the rhizomes above the soil-surface - like planting german iris.
I have had Java Fern in my tank for the last two years and altho it has spread a bit it's leaves don't grow longer than 2-3 inches, I also had problems growing Anubias (the leave of my anubias would not grow big. The only plants that have done very well in my tank are Java moss and Crypt, any reason my Java Ferns are so sad?
Java Fern....shouldn't be planted fully in the substrate as the rhizome will die off and disintegrate! You can lay the rhizome on the surface of the substrate! Or typically tie glue to wood or rock as Jacob has stated. Remove the Java Fern occasionally and wash the rhizome & roots with fresh water to dislodge detritus!
I bought some online the other day and all the leaves were in singles with small bits of rhizome and I was wondering if I should plant them in a group or I could spread them around and they'd grow into their own large bunches of leaves?
I heard that if I had alot of new plants on my java fern leaves, it means it is stressed. Is it true? And if it is, what can I do to reduce that stress
I didnt bury my java fern into substrate, still it melted. I have only guppies, i suspect that my vallisneria gigantea made a big shadow to them, or i didnt make regular water changes. Can you help me about this case?
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looking back all the years vid still cool
Thank you so much for such clear, comprehensive information! You are my go to for all things aquarium. I enjoy your laid back, easy going, endearing personality. KEEP THOSE VIDEOS COMING!! :-)
Stacy Medina yes he's not loud and obnoxious like that other guys channel!!
I know this video is nearly ancient; but, I love the large planted tank, behind you. The one that looks like a garden, with an overhead trellis. Just beautiful!
How on earth then am I killing the poor thing? I just keeps loosing leaves and no new ones are coming back. It's just hanging on.
MysShadowdragon same here
MysShadowdragon either lights too bright or not enough nutrients
MysShadowdragon do you have it attached to rocks or wood..java hates it's roots shoved in gravel
@@kevinbrislawn5918 was just about to say that. I've had mine in the gravel and it wasnt doing great. Everyone was telling me to uproot it.
Same mine too! It's almost browning... Maybe my light isnt bright enough or I need plant nutrients?
I wasn't sure about those black spots either, so thank you for clarifying that. Thanks for sharing such a great video with us, its always such a pleasure to see you🐠🍃🐡I love your tanks, they're so pretty filled with life and color. I'm excited to start growing these and I appreciate all the great information you've shared!
Nice vid. Java fern is one my favorites. Especially when there is a bunch growing like a bush.
Great video. I'm a beginner and the end of your video is why I got Java Fern in the first place. Learned a lot from watching this.
These vids are great! always great to go back to and see I've like it about 5 year ago ahaha
How about adding “trimming & maintenance” commentary?
Very informative and helpful video delivered in a very watchable and modern format unlike many fish channels which often use over exaggeration, shakey camera quality and grunge rock backing music. Got yourself a new sub :)
Thanks for the plant guide Jacob
her209 Thanks for watching my friend :)
Thanks jacob. I was worried about my plants getting damaged and I didn't know what was going on if my plant was melting or what. I've got roots coming with the new leafs.
Thank you, Jacob. Your presentation was excellent, that is, cogent, informative, enthusiastic!
Omg I've used the website so many times as a resource and only just stumbled across these videos and just now put 2 + 2 together and realized this is him!!! I'm irrationally excited about this, lol.
i know this video is old but thank you so much for this! i got some java fern for the first time and really found this video extremely helpful.
Thank you so much nice video
Thank you to do this kind of plant education... pls do more
My uncle loves Java ferns he had a lot in his old planted aqurim
Contrary to what you said, it seems like they turn lighter with *more* light. Like they are ditching clorophil...? Idk
But if you are sure about the light I will add a grow bulb..I wish I could get my greens to darken 😢
Btw your javas look great. Great job
perfect. answered all my q's. cheers, sir.
My favourite with java moss
I have tiny tetras and we're getting ferns tonight! As well as Java Moss
You’re the man
just ordered some! =)
I'm glad I found your channel! Awesome guides man. :)
:I've been watching your vids a while and well, to me you are one of the best. I love your calm... and your information. You are the bomb, sir. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
I bought a java fern my first plant some reason the leaves are turning tan and fading any ad advice I have flourish advance CO2 Booster on hand please help
Awesome videos man. I like how you stay on topic. Other channels I feel they get too excited and they are all over the place.
My leaves seem to always just turn black really, still have a lot of green leaves and new growth but some of the older, larger leaves are mostly black and it’s not due to new plants propagating. What’s going on with it? I fertilise and have decent lighting
hey Jacob, thanks for all the tips. keep making videos.
I'm going to order from you soon..glad your not the loud type like some video channels are doing it gets old.thanks!
Awesome! Thank you :)
Since my tank is regular gravel, i use root tabs and my java fern is growing like crazy
Also a good plant for brackish tanks. I have mine in 1.010SG.
Thanks Jacob, love your videos.
What happens when it is grown under high light?
.i have some java ferns here. They were going good, giving birth to plantlets and etc. But suddenly, they got black. Leaves got rotten. If i act quickly, i can romove the rotten leaves and new ones grows. If i take time to act, i lose the plant. My questions are: how to avoid this? Java fern does not support heat? Or doesnt support strong lights (my light is not so strong)? Lacks of nutrients? Long photoperiods? How to avoid the so called java fern disease ? i read about on the internet but ppl say its lacks of nitrogen or lacks of potassium, but i dont see a real reason about it. I divided the tank in two zones: light zone and shadow zone (just indirect light), the ferns are on the shadow zone and yes the plant is not rottening anymore, but is not giving many plantlets as before..
Learned a lot. Thanks
Very useful information 👍 thank you!
Thanks for the insight I have tons of new babies on leaves & I am trying to build my plants a little at a time work in progress. I am using flourish products without co2. Some advise on which chemicals to use in helping give nutrients to them please. Also have amazon swords & anibus plants in the tank. Thanks
Can we grow nucifera lotus plant in planted aquarium.. I am trying out any way..!!
Good information. Thanks!
Good information. Thanks.
Other than anubius and java farn what are the other plants can go with African cichlid.
I keep hearing how this is an easy beginner plant but for me it always turns brown. I follow the proper care instructions my water quality is good. Frustrating
Thanks, all videos are very informative.
I have 15 or so red wag platies in my heavily planted 25g. In that tank I have rotala rotundifolia, microsword, chainsword, dwarf baby tears, pogostemon helferi, staurogyne repens, vallisneria, aponogenton, water wisteria, and compacta swords and my red wag platies don't mess up my plants at all.
your a legend m8
Cool video with great info! Thank-you so much for helping people out, Jacob. I really enjoy your videos.
Do I need to -or should I prune the leaves somehow? they have reached the top of my tank and sort of float at the top.
Nice work Man!
My Java been is growing baby's but on the brown leaves I'm not entirely sure what to do with it
Thanks for the info! If one of the leaves comes off but still has juveniles on it and the base of the stem looks dead and dried up should you cut it at the stem so leaf will stay alive and float untill the young can be propagate?
How long does it take to grow? Great video, I'm going to purchase some plants from you.
how fast will java fern grow. After a week, how much growth will you see, 4+ inches?
Java Fern is a pretty slow grower, I would say, to see four inches of rhizome growth, it would take about four to six weeks. Thanks for watching! :)
Thx for the video, but theres a so called java fern disease, where the java ferns gets black from nothing. Do you know what it does to make them to turn into black and rottening? Some kind of lack of nutrients? Too much light? Warm season?
I have a 40litre tank with six Minnows and two Amano Shrimp. I had Java moss but I had to remove it due to its growth on the tank walls. I was wondering if java fern can work with the fish I have.
Here’s a question I cannot find an answer to. Lighting for java fern. Can I grow java fern with a cheap fluorescent bulb? The bulb I have is not meant for plants but is pretty bright. Can I grow java fern?
You are the Michael Sara of aquarium plants (love it), you got my sub!
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Hey Jacob. Ever dealt with Java Fern melt? Not much info about it is seen in the internet but a few hobbyists have been facing this problem.
The leaves progressively turn into brown from the rhizome until the the whole leaf is semi-transparent brown and dead.
great video
thank you for the great detailed video!
Contrary to my java fern.. I bought it as a large piece.. Then it slowly died.. Maybe because it has been grown immersed.. Lost all the big leaves and left with small new leaves.. Can it be grown faster? Im a bit impatient lol.
I have 5 silver dollars and they love eating plants, is java fern going to be ok with them?
Jose Mari Militante prob not
Jose Mari Militante java ferns are really bulletproof plants and do fine even with heavy plant eating fish like goldfish so I think you're good to go
Great and an informative video. Thank you.
I thought you couldn't plant it in the substrate .
I have fern but every time I see it on the internet it looks brighter and in bunches mine is darker but it never grow extra leaves it's not dying and I know it's alive because smaller plants are growing from it but I don't understand why it's not growing anymore leaves
Would java fern do well with albino bristlenose plecos? I'm still researching what would be best for my tank, and looking into plants that can be attached to the wood and coconut shells I currently have in my tank.
Can you plant have fern in substrate?
No attach it to wood or stone
what if i have hard water? will it die?
Love Java fern but its a potassium hog. Only 6-8 inches for the leaves? I wish!! Have had it grow clean to the surface from the bottom of a 30 gallon.
Hi, I have Java Fern Trident and it is melting and becoming black. Can you help? rest of the plants are OK except bucephalandra Green wavy and MicrsorumTrident melting!
A very nice man and a super informative video.
I read that when you first set up a planted aquarium its a good idea to drain the tank and let the roots grow with a low water line to stop the plant from floating, is this a good idea?
Thank god for this channel. I will certainly be subscribing. One thing missing from this video is how to prune! Maybe one of your subscribers can help. I'm new to planted aquariums and I have a java fern and some of the leaves just turned orange and started to decompose. The whole leaf. I cut it off at the stem. Is that the right way to prune it?
Ps I found this video because I was wondering why the hell there were smaller leaves growing off the big leaves. That's pretty cool. I haven't seen many plants that do that.
Makeup Mobster always attach fern to rocks or wood I do it with a small rubber band to keep it attached then the roots will attach..trim off old dark rotting leaves..trimming it back of that will spur better growth.also add some flourish seachem fert.
Makeup Mobster Hey there, sounds like you have low potassium and low iron in your tank. Try adding some by getting Seachem Flourish and dose your tank based on how many plants you have. If you have a lot of plants, dose every couple days. If you don't have many plants then dose once a week. Hope that helps you. If you have any other questions then feel free to checkout my channel and my videos on tanks. You can post any questions you have there and I can answer them in a video. Good luck!
I have a java fern and all the leaves are black with no new growth, it’s been like this since I bought it (2months) what should I do to help it produce new growth?
Great detailed video. Is it best to attach a single Java fern rhizome to something or can you tie multiple rhizomes together and then attach it?
Do you sell needle leaf java fern not narrow leaf java fern?
My ferns just die back, I just don’t get it. The crypts are doing great. Any advice welcome
should you leave the risome exposed or bury it.
Thank you for the information. 🐬🌿💖
Java Fern in a 6 gallon aquarium with one betta fish and no substrate. HOB filter with only biological and mechanical filtration. Java Fern free floating. WC once per week, approx 20%. Should I add fertilizer to the water column? If so, what brand?
How do you feed java fern if it’s glued to a rock?
Is it compatible with red ear sliders?
am i supposed to leave the roots of my java tied up witha rubber band when i put it in the tank?
Jacob...thank you for these plant videos...they really help me a lot. I have a quick question for you...do you find (or think or feel) that java fern would do well in a tank with hard water? My water is basically liquid rock and I love java fern and would love to grow them yet I have no epxerience growing them and my hard water concerns me. Thank you in advance!
Do i need to tie it on Driftwood or can i directly dig it on the substrate?
Tie it on a pebble or driftwood the roots are not supposed to be buried cos they'll die.
Also, if your going to try leaving it long enough to latch onto the substrate - you have to bury the roots, but leave the rhizomes above the soil-surface - like planting german iris.
I have had Java Fern in my tank for the last two years and altho it has spread a bit it's leaves don't grow longer than 2-3 inches, I also had problems growing Anubias (the leave of my anubias would not grow big. The only plants that have done very well in my tank are Java moss and Crypt, any reason my Java Ferns are so sad?
Can you grow java ferns in a high tech tank with high light?
Java Fern....shouldn't be planted fully in the substrate as the rhizome will die off and disintegrate!
You can lay the rhizome on the surface of the substrate!
Or typically tie glue to wood or rock as Jacob has stated.
Remove the Java Fern occasionally and wash the rhizome & roots with fresh water to dislodge detritus!
Hi Jacob, nice vids! a canister filter question: what is going on the bottom first of the canister, a spons or substrate?thanks!
I've got soo many long baby java ferns on the mother plant but didn't know what to do with them. They are brown though???
if you bury the roots will it grow fastest than on driftwood
I have a low tech aquarium and my java fern is turning brown. What could it be ?
I bought some online the other day and all the leaves were in singles with small bits of rhizome and I was wondering if I should plant them in a group or I could spread them around and they'd grow into their own large bunches of leaves?
I heard that if I had alot of new plants on my java fern leaves, it means it is stressed. Is it true?
And if it is, what can I do to reduce that stress
This plant as just taken off and now covers most of the tank. Should I dig it all up and bunch it up. Or just leave it to grow.
Depends on how you want your tank to appear...
Helpful. Thanks
Do you need an air stone or air source to make sure it survives? Want to add to my betta tank which I do frequent 50% water changes
I didnt bury my java fern into substrate, still it melted. I have only guppies, i suspect that my vallisneria gigantea made a big shadow to them, or i didnt make regular water changes. Can you help me about this case?