What's up Fish Tank People. FishTankTV.com, Dustin's Fish Tanks, bringing it to you on
a Sunday. It's a Species Sunday people, so excited to be doing one of these. The greenhouse
is like the perfect temperature right now. One of my two kids is sleeping upstairs, life
is good. Out here chilling, playing in the tanks. The tanks are clean. My mind is clean
and it is a good way to be. No problems about it. I want to talk today about some plant
species. Yes, I am going to do some fish species. I want to treat you to a Species Sunday. A
lot of people have been asking me about a Beta fish. I'd like to have a Beta fish, too.
But I have a lot to show you all before I get into that. I really want to talk to you
today about a couple of species, show you a quick ten-gallon action and show you what
is going on.
Here are six hardy species for your new plant aquarium. This is for the beginners out there.
What's up. I got a little ten-gallon action going on. First and foremost, I got a little
cherry shrimp right there. Natural sunlight hitting him like boom. But man, the glare
stinks on this, but this tank is like pearly. I don't know if you guys can see that, but
it is a lot of fun. Check it, I have six species today that I want to talk about here on Species
Sunday. I got the ten-gallon action going on. I got a light on it right now, but there
is so much sunlight coming into the greenhouse at this time of day that you can't really
see into the tank that well. So I want to apologize on that, but it is fun for me. I
want to talk about wisteria because I think that this is a really great beginner plant
if you can get your hands on it. For a general rule, any plant that can grow roots along
the upper stem of it is going to be one of your hardier plants. Just as a general rule
and this is one of them. So this wisteria can be floated as water wisteria. It has a
nice green contrast like a really bright green. I really like that plant. This is some really
ratty looking rotella. I put this in here because it was in my other tank and I wanted
to mix it up with some shorter stuff. If you get some too tall stuff in here like rotella,
you can definitely cut it down. So the too-tall stuff, I would cut it back.
That is two. Number three: Mr. Dwarf Sag. How are you? Dwarf sag is an awesome plant.
It grows like grass and really loves dirt. Those of you who have dirt tanks, dwarf sag
really loves it. So definitely a plant that you are going to want to check out. I also
have got some plants. These won't look good in this little demo I have got going, but
this is java aqua fern. This is a super, super hardy plant. In the dry season, it just dries
out. It sits in a crack and dries out, so it is super hardy. It is pretty hardy and
if it were shorter, I would get it up on this piece of driftwood that I have got. By the
way, this is a sick piece of driftwood. I don't know if you guys can see that, but it
has a hook back here too. I don't know if you can see that. Tight piece of driftwood
that came in here. Yang, I think that is going to go in your beginner combo 2 tonight. So
that's one of them.
I got another one here. This is an amazon sword runner. I'm sure you guys have been
getting runners on your plants if you have been doing it right. So I just want to talk
about the runners real quick. To plant this, you can see that I have about an inch of root
growth coming off of this. For me, that is enough to plant. What I like to do—I'm only
doing this with one hand—I like to trim off any dead leaves. That one has to go. Because
what happens is it sends the energy to those leaves instead of to the new leaves that are
doing well. So we are just going to peel those off. I like to leave a little of the stem
and this may be too much. Leave about an inch of the stem as a guide. So I will just take
this bad boy and I will shove it—it will probably get big, so I will just shove it
in here—and kind of get that sword going. It also has a nice ball of clay going on behind
it, I don't know if you guys can see that clay action. Swords love having clay underneath
them, so that is something that you are going to want to check out.
Here is a plant that I haven't messed with much for a while. This is bacopa. I am not
sure exactly which variety of bacopa it is. It is a poor man's liguanea, if you will.
It is really sturdy. It is a strong plant structurally if you see this, it has a nice
stem on it. It has kind of thicker leaves that do not just flip off. So I have been
really liking this plant and I will show it to you in there so it will stay wet. I am
going to show it to you in here. This is a dirted tank in the greenhouse that I just
rip plants out of all the time. Believe it or not, this tank has had a lot of water changes.
I like just having a jungle, but it has had a lot of water changes way too much. Dirted
tanks are not for people who are in and out of their tanks all of the time, so it is just
all stirred up. Anyway, back to the bacopa. Bacopa is a real hot plant. You can see it
there, looking really good. So what I am going to do is take some of that bacopa over there
and put it in there. I also wanted to show while I am in this tank, crypts. This is a
crypt variety usteriana. I don't know if you are familiar with crypts, but other plants
do it as well. If you look back here, they come into me, they look great, they meld,
it happens. This one back here actually has a new leaf growing on it, I don't know if
you guys can see that. Also, this one back here has a new leaf growing on it. If you
find it at a pet store and it has a lot of new leaves—and you have a dirted, well-established
tank—you definitely check that out, by the way. What's up goldfish? So that is just something
to look for. If the rest of the plant looks good, but the leaves are shot, you could take
a shot at that plant. That's what I used to do back in the day before I had access to
copious amounts of plants. So just a tip for you all. You can see the usteriana putting
out a new leaf over there.
The bacopa, I put over here, I would go ahead and go with this plant because it is obviously
too tall for a ten-gallon tank. I would just break this off some and put it down in there.
And now you have two! So we will put that down in there and get you going. I am having
a little fun in here. A lot of fun, actually. I have a lot of work to do. As you guys know,
I quit my J-O-B to do more of this and it is a lot of fun. It is not the only enterprise
I have going on, just so y'all know. But it is certainly the most fun. So I am having
a lot of fun with that. A lot of work to do, a lot of videos to clean up, a lot of stuff
to ink. Dirt Guy 2.0, I got to finish up. So a lot of stuff that I am just really excited
to be running full steam with. And I got to say, the comments the other day on the video—I
said this the other day and I will say it again—it takes a little risk to do something
like this. The feedback, the support and the comments like "Yea, go for it!", do you know
how much momentum that gives me? That is just a really, really exciting thing and I am excited
to share it with you. I have buddies that have known me forever who are like, "Dude,
we are excited to see where you are going with this." I am excited to see where I am
going with this. I am excited you guys are along for the ride. From the bottom of my
heart, I am really, really pumped about what I am about to do. I am really excited and
I still have some stuff from my old job to finish up. I will be looking for some fun
So I got a Species Sunday for you and I got six hard species in there and having a lot
of fun with it. I have got this going on, and I have also got—if he will show his
ugly head, no, he won't do it—I bought this sick, sick, sick, sick ryukin yesterday. I
just hope he is not actually sick. So I am going to scare him out, why not? Species Sunday,
y'all deserve it, I deserve it. He has been acting really stressed though. I don't know
if it is the stress of being in a tank for only one day or what his deal is, but come
here buddy. There he is. Come on, dude, let's go. So he is kind of still jigged. It is his
first day in his new home. I don't know why, he is the biggest. Hey, thanks everybody by
the way, for the places to go find new gold fish. So he is in here and I will let him
chill. Come on, dude. Give me a little swim action. Give me something. There we go. So
he is jigging so I will let him go. Putting him on camera the second day in a tank is
probably not the nicest way to go. I just wanted to show you guys that goldfish. I love
that gold fish. Love me, love me that goldfish.
Everybody have a great week and I really appreciate your support. And tank on people, tank on.
Later.