Clear information without redundant social talk, about for example his cat or the weather outside, and also clearly demonstrated. This is the best plant video i have seen so far. Thank you!
After watching a bunch of your videos, I think I learned a lot and I think I can add more plants to my aquariums. I will also try to grow some. In exchange for the knowledge, you are giving I will buy my plants from you.
Water wisteria will also propagate from leaves. If you allow freshly cut leaves (not dropped leaves) to float around your tank they will form roots within 2 weeks. You can plant the rooted leaves and they will form plants eventually.
Good info! All beginners should try this plant it is a great easy low tech plant. This plant can be grown in a pot of soil like a houseplant. It can also grow a new plant from one leaf. It is one of my favorite aquarium plants.
My water wisteria has reached the surface and is splitting quite well. Found this video trying to learn how to propagate and wow.. great video!!! Thanks!
What a detailed content. Thank you soo much for this. May i know how you sterilize and quarantine any store bought plants before introducing them in the aquarium please?
Really nice and well done, but one info that I almost always find lacking (in all videos on plants, not yours in particular :) ) is how far apart should the stems/plants be planted to have enough space to grow. Sometimes they shade eachother and cannot develop properly. This at least is my impression (not a guru)
Great job! I like the single Bacopa that is visible after the trim😀. I have set up a tank with organic potting soil capped with sand per one of your previous videos. Looks nowhere near as vibrant as yours. I’m wondering if my light level is too low.
Will would you propagate floating wisteria similarly? Cutting it in same spot you demonstrated but floating instead of planting new pieces? The wisteria I ordered from you is doing great. Spread out between 3 tanks. I am floating most of it.
Most stem plants should root fairly well when floated so I would say yes! But you could give them even a bit more help but cutting a piece that has not only a few nodes but also some roots. This would give them an even better chance. That said I actually haven't grown much wisteria floating! Glad to hear the wisteria is growing well for you, its a lovely plant :)
I didn't know the bit about planting multiple nodes under the substrate to avoid melt, but it seems obvious. I typically do this anyway, just so they are sturdy and didn't float off, still good to know.
I have mine planted in blue, colourful gravel. Is that OK like it won’t causes it to die or or an algae bloom to happen I already had one, but that’s before I added the live plants
Do you actually leave the leaves on the lower nodes when planting, or do you remove them? Dumb question, but I am just starting out with plants and these will be my first stem plants.
I'm looking to grow some sturdy and high ammonia processing plants in my 800 gallon gold fish/carp tank because doing a twenty-five percent change every week is getting pretty expensive 😭🤣 Any recommended plants? I have a mixture of sand and gravel substrate in separate areas so I'm open to suggestion
What are all the smaller plants on the bottom? They're awesome too! I am thinking of trying this plant, as for some reason, my water sprite won't live anymore. It was going insane in my tank, I LOVED it, but it randomly started to die almost entirely and I have NO idea why! Nothing changed. So upsetting.
@@lif3l3ssgaming photoperiod depends to an extent on other factors like photointensity and co2. But in general 8-10 hours per day is a good starting point. Adjust up or down depending on how the plants respond and whether algae becomes and issue. 🌱
@@AquariumPlantLab so i keep getting green hair algae in the tank with water wisteria i had the lights on for 6 hours for a while and the algae was pretty consistent and the wisteria wasnt growing as much. Then i put lights to 10 hours and the wisteria started growing like crazy but the algae also just staying around i pull it out all i can. I use a hyger 24/7 light, nilocg tabs and nilocg thrive S with sand. The goal is too have cherry shrimp in this tank so would probably help my algae issues a bit but atm it just houses bladder snails that im assuming came with the wisteria lol they dont bother me though i kinda like them. Unfortunately this hyger light only has 6,8 and 10 hour timers ill probably buy a seperate timer to set it at 8 idk if 8 hours would be the sweet spot if yhe algae has basically grown at the same rate at both 6 and 10 hours recently started using excel to see if that would slow it down while the tank balanced out more i guess tank is almost 2 months old now.
Bro I am started a setup for the baby java ferns that I have grew. I used vermicompost and soil. But I made a mistake I put them in sunlight. The leaves of most of them dried up. I just want to know that would those 9 would be able to grow new leaves in appropriate light and moisture. Please let me know.
Plants always have to convert when shifting environments, this applies to all changes including emersed/submersed, changes in water chemistry, lighting, ferts, temp, etc. I’ve got a few videos on this topic that you may find helpful, but in short you just want to make sure that your setup has all of the necessary components to adequately grow the species you want to grow. Plant them then let them take care of the rest on their own, plants are great at adapting to occasional environmental changes. Where you can get into trouble is if you plant them, then move them or otherwise keep messing with them, this continually restarts the adaption process causing excess stress. Hope that makes sense 🌱
I would make sure you have at least one leaf node under the substrate. Usually the roots come from leaf nodes anyway so if you completely cover that root you will probably be doing this. 👍
Bro I need some help and fast! I bought some Anubias last week and they have all gone rotten and died, there’s still bits clinging on to life, if there’s any tips or advice you can give it would be greatly appreciated
Did you buy them from me or from somewhere else? I would take them out of your tank, use a clean razor and cut off all affected areas. Then do a quick bleach dip (Lookup how to do that). Aside from that all you can do is provide the best conditions possible for them. Make sure you have some fertilizer available to them. Make sure you have quality light. Good luck! 👍
@@AquariumPlantLab oh thanks man I will try that, do you think it’s possible they could of affected my already existing plants? and ohh noo not from you I bought them from somewhere else online, i live in the uk. Do you ship plants over here ?
That’s Alternanthera Reineckii! One of my favorite low tech red plants. I sell it on my website too actually. Don’t have much in stock at the moment but I’ll have more soon. Definitely one to try!
@@AquariumPlantLab I have the mini variety, but didn't recognize yours because mine is green on the top side and I can barely see the red on the bottom, I thought it was a different plant! I have decent lighting, but my tanks are also low tech.
That’s getting up there but probably doable. I haven’t kept wisteria that high so I can’t say for sure though. Most plants appreciate temps 5-10 degrees cooler in my experience anyway 👍
I appreciate the thought! Unfortunately I only ship to the lower 48 United States, it’s just too expensive and risky for the plants to ship I internationally 🌱
There could be two reasons for that. Water wisterias scientific name is hygrophila difformis. Which means it has two forms. Round leaves and more delicate dissected leaves. The specimen featured in this video actually has both forms to an extent. The other possibility is that you just don’t have water wisteria. It is often miss labeled in stores and confused with Water Sprite. 🌱
@@AquariumPlantLab almost a year now in a planted discus tank(135g)..24 high Substrate is silica sand and I use root tabs,Niloc g thrive and leaf zone every water change…I did move it from one spot to another about a month ago….I have 2 36 inch fluval plant 3.0 at Pink=50 Blue=4 All whites= 60 11:00-8:00
Clear information without redundant social talk, about for example his cat or the weather outside, and also clearly demonstrated. This is the best plant video i have seen so far. Thank you!
After watching a bunch of your videos, I think I learned a lot and I think I can add more plants to my aquariums. I will also try to grow some. In exchange for the knowledge, you are giving I will buy my plants from you.
I appreciate it! Good luck growing :) 🌱 🧪 🥼
Water wisteria will also propagate from leaves. If you allow freshly cut leaves (not dropped leaves) to float around your tank they will form roots within 2 weeks. You can plant the rooted leaves and they will form plants eventually.
Yup! Great point to add 🌱
Great video, a lot of detail and explanation. Thank you from NYC
Thank you, Frank!
Good info! All beginners should try this plant it is a great easy low tech plant. This plant can be grown in a pot of soil like a houseplant. It can also grow a new plant from one leaf. It is one of my favorite aquarium plants.
These are the kind of videos that keeps me coming back to watch your content
Glad you liked it! 😃
My water wisteria has reached the surface and is splitting quite well. Found this video trying to learn how to propagate and wow.. great video!!! Thanks!
Nice. This is always the first stem plant I recommend to new planted tank people.
Love your videos they have inspired me to start my own emersed growing setup. Keep up the amazing work
Thank you. I want my aquarium to be "planty." The fish love it, so I love it.
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What a detailed content. Thank you soo much for this.
May i know how you sterilize and quarantine any store bought plants before introducing them in the aquarium please?
Really nice and well done, but one info that I almost always find lacking (in all videos on plants, not yours in particular :) ) is how far apart should the stems/plants be planted to have enough space to grow.
Sometimes they shade eachother and cannot develop properly.
This at least is my impression (not a guru)
Good question! I typically plant at about 1.5 inches apart for larger stem plants. A tad closer for smaller stem plants 👍
Great job! I like the single Bacopa that is visible after the trim😀. I have set up a tank with organic potting soil capped with sand per one of your previous videos. Looks nowhere near as vibrant as yours. I’m wondering if my light level is too low.
That rogue bacopa*** 😂. Hmmm, could be! Can you adjust your light? Or perhaps lower it for more intensity?
@@AquariumPlantLab - I will need to add an additional light as the current one is on full beams… but only 8watts.
It's a handsome easy to grow plant that seems often overlooked. Its leaf shape is unique in the hobby.
Thank you 😊
Will would you propagate floating wisteria similarly? Cutting it in same spot you demonstrated but floating instead of planting new pieces? The wisteria I ordered from you is doing great. Spread out between 3 tanks. I am floating most of it.
Most stem plants should root fairly well when floated so I would say yes! But you could give them even a bit more help but cutting a piece that has not only a few nodes but also some roots. This would give them an even better chance. That said I actually haven't grown much wisteria floating! Glad to hear the wisteria is growing well for you, its a lovely plant :)
I didn't know the bit about planting multiple nodes under the substrate to avoid melt, but it seems obvious. I typically do this anyway, just so they are sturdy and didn't float off, still good to know.
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Good info, my hornwort is going Hog Wild!
I took out most of my hornwart it started shedding dead fronds
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I have mine planted in blue, colourful gravel. Is that OK like it won’t causes it to die or or an algae bloom to happen I already had one, but that’s before I added the live plants
Do you actually leave the leaves on the lower nodes when planting, or do you remove them? Dumb question, but I am just starting out with plants and these will be my first stem plants.
Yup I leave them just like in the video. In my opinion the leaves help to anchor the stems until roots can form. 👍
what are your light settings for that tank with the fluval 3.0?
50 percent intensity for all LED's 6 hours per day 👍
I'm looking to grow some sturdy and high ammonia processing plants in my 800 gallon gold fish/carp tank because doing a twenty-five percent change every week is getting pretty expensive 😭🤣
Any recommended plants? I have a mixture of sand and gravel substrate in separate areas so I'm open to suggestion
I dont see these on your site. When will you have water wisteria back in stock?
Have you thought about growing African water ferns? I was watching your java fern videos again and wondered if dirt or hydroton would work with them.
FISHtastic vid man!
Thank you 😊
What are all the smaller plants on the bottom? They're awesome too! I am thinking of trying this plant, as for some reason, my water sprite won't live anymore. It was going insane in my tank, I LOVED it, but it randomly started to die almost entirely and I have NO idea why! Nothing changed. So upsetting.
Those are all Staurogyne Repens. Normally something I offer on my site but I am sold out at the moment. Great carpeting plant 👍
What are those small plants at the foreground?
Staurogyne Repens 👍 I sell it on my website at aquariumplantlab.com
I use LED shoplights and LED lightbulbs and they came from Walmart and grow this plant just fine.
How long do you run your lights for your water wisteria?
@@lif3l3ssgaming photoperiod depends to an extent on other factors like photointensity and co2. But in general 8-10 hours per day is a good starting point. Adjust up or down depending on how the plants respond and whether algae becomes and issue. 🌱
@@AquariumPlantLab so i keep getting green hair algae in the tank with water wisteria i had the lights on for 6 hours for a while and the algae was pretty consistent and the wisteria wasnt growing as much. Then i put lights to 10 hours and the wisteria started growing like crazy but the algae also just staying around i pull it out all i can. I use a hyger 24/7 light, nilocg tabs and nilocg thrive S with sand. The goal is too have cherry shrimp in this tank so would probably help my algae issues a bit but atm it just houses bladder snails that im assuming came with the wisteria lol they dont bother me though i kinda like them. Unfortunately this hyger light only has 6,8 and 10 hour timers ill probably buy a seperate timer to set it at 8 idk if 8 hours would be the sweet spot if yhe algae has basically grown at the same rate at both 6 and 10 hours recently started using excel to see if that would slow it down while the tank balanced out more i guess tank is almost 2 months old now.
what foreground plants are those?
Bro I am started a setup for the baby java ferns that I have grew. I used vermicompost and soil. But I made a mistake I put them in sunlight. The leaves of most of them dried up. I just want to know that would those 9 would be able to grow new leaves in appropriate light and moisture. Please let me know.
Do your plants need to be converted? If so how would you go about it?
Plants always have to convert when shifting environments, this applies to all changes including emersed/submersed, changes in water chemistry, lighting, ferts, temp, etc.
I’ve got a few videos on this topic that you may find helpful, but in short you just want to make sure that your setup has all of the necessary components to adequately grow the species you want to grow. Plant them then let them take care of the rest on their own, plants are great at adapting to occasional environmental changes. Where you can get into trouble is if you plant them, then move them or otherwise keep messing with them, this continually restarts the adaption process causing excess stress. Hope that makes sense 🌱
What if you get wisteria with a root already? Do you just plant the root or should I still put half of it almost under the substrate?
I would make sure you have at least one leaf node under the substrate. Usually the roots come from leaf nodes anyway so if you completely cover that root you will probably be doing this. 👍
Bro I need some help and fast! I bought some Anubias last week and they have all gone rotten and died, there’s still bits clinging on to life, if there’s any tips or advice you can give it would be greatly appreciated
Did you buy them from me or from somewhere else? I would take them out of your tank, use a clean razor and cut off all affected areas. Then do a quick bleach dip (Lookup how to do that). Aside from that all you can do is provide the best conditions possible for them. Make sure you have some fertilizer available to them. Make sure you have quality light. Good luck! 👍
@@AquariumPlantLab oh thanks man I will try that, do you think it’s possible they could of affected my already existing plants? and ohh noo not from you I bought them from somewhere else online, i live in the uk. Do you ship plants over here ?
What is the red plant in the Wisteria aquarium
That’s Alternanthera Reineckii! One of my favorite low tech red plants. I sell it on my website too actually. Don’t have much in stock at the moment but I’ll have more soon. Definitely one to try!
@@AquariumPlantLab I have the mini variety, but didn't recognize yours because mine is green on the top side and I can barely see the red on the bottom, I thought it was a different plant! I have decent lighting, but my tanks are also low tech.
What’s the website to buy some plants for u
Thanks. Bob
Can this be planted in the gravel? My tank's substrate is gravel. . .
Yup, you can usually have success with this species in gravel. Some liquid aquarium plant ferts would be a good idea though 👍
Can I put water wisteria in aqua soil..pls. Reply
How to water wistria grow broad leaf
Does the way you grow your plants partially out of the water stop pest snails?
I’m not sure what you’re asking. Are you asking if the plants I sell have snails?
@Aquarium Plant Lab I have snails so I'm wondering what you'd reccomend
Like if I grow my plans emersed would that kill off the pests?
So informative. Will an 85 degree tank harm it?
That’s getting up there but probably doable. I haven’t kept wisteria that high so I can’t say for sure though. Most plants appreciate temps 5-10 degrees cooler in my experience anyway 👍
@@AquariumPlantLab thank you! Can you answer my comment just below this from a few weeks ago please? 😋
@@AMJolene done 🌱
Don’t you have co2 in this aquarium??
No co2, no ferts, and no filter either 🌱 Just a dirted tank 👍
Imo must have plant in all aquarium, helps with everything, better than hornwarts .. prettier also
had some a year ago. unfortunately it all melted when i added some medication
sir do you ship world wide? im planning on buying some water sprite and \seed grown anubias from you
I appreciate the thought! Unfortunately I only ship to the lower 48 United States, it’s just too expensive and risky for the plants to ship I internationally 🌱
@@AquariumPlantLab its ok
Water wisteria, the cousin of 7 up, aka water Sprite
😂
My water wisteria doesn’t look anything like yours.
There could be two reasons for that. Water wisterias scientific name is hygrophila difformis. Which means it has two forms. Round leaves and more delicate dissected leaves. The specimen featured in this video actually has both forms to an extent. The other possibility is that you just don’t have water wisteria. It is often miss labeled in stores and confused with Water Sprite. 🌱
Any reason why my wisterias leaves got soggy and fell off…the tip of the plant seems to be doing better than the rest of the plant
Happy to help. How long have you had it? Are you dosing nutrients at all or do you have nutrient rich substrate? What kind of light do you have?
@@AquariumPlantLab almost a year now in a planted discus tank(135g)..24 high
Substrate is silica sand and I use root tabs,Niloc g thrive and leaf zone every water change…I did move it from one spot to another about a month ago….I have 2 36 inch fluval plant 3.0 at
Pink=50
Blue=4
All whites= 60
11:00-8:00
@@AquariumPlantLab let me know what you think..I’m very curious
@@AquariumPlantLab ?
Fahrenheit? ...when the rest of the world uses Celsius
Google will convert that for you 😉
He ships to the US only, so he's talking to his clients. If you get something out of the video... you're welcome.