Tips and tricks for planting small, carpeting plants

Tips, Tricks

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Making carpeting plants stay in place can be a real struggle. In this video, I discuss some tips and tricks to hold them in place until they have time to establish, as well as how to plant them. Website and stocklist: http://msjinkzd.com/stocklist/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msjinkzd/ Tip Jar: http://msjinkzd.com/about_msjinkzd/su... Don't forget to subscribe!

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wow..thousands of hair pin..awesome!!

I use Stone Beads that match the Substrate and Dental Floss to hold Plants. A Tongs and a CHOPSTICK work to Hold and Push a Plant into the Soil, release with the tong while Holding the plant down with the chopstick. I also rubberband a plastic ice cream Taster spoon to a long dowel as a rake or heat and bend 90 Deg. to make a tiny shovel.

Great tip with the bobby pins. But do you have to eventually remove them?

That hairpin tip will come in very handy. I often use eco-complete, so the gravel size is decent. I often find myself having to replant stem plants.

Can I put a dwarf puffer in a tank this size?

Such a small scale and yet that mountain looks like an actual, big mountain. It's amazing how you achieved that in such a small tank. If you only showed me a close-up picture of that tank, I would have thought it was a 30 gallon cube.

great job and thanks for the tips much respect

a beautiful aquarium, I liked a lot, thank you for sharing, subbed, visit my first aquarium, and give me your opinion

Yes, the U shaped hairpins have an anti-rust coating on them. Also, if you are worried about the metal with shrimp, try using a poly-filter sponge. Same thing they use in kidney dialysis machines.
Rachel, you are my favorite guru! The hair pin tip is amazing because securing carpeting plants always makes me spit and swear! Thank you!

Your Tangerine Tigers are awesome, hair pins great idea. Thank you. Plug in timers would be lost without mine on all my tanks. Gel medium plants so much easier than rock wool.

Hey Rachel I just wanna say that I love the videos! I run a great group on Facebook called 'Aquariums Ireland & U.K' - Anyone is welcome from around the world! Please feel free to check us out and share your videos! :) https://www.facebook.com/groups/AquariumsIrelandandUK/

Thanks! I just needed something to hold down my carpet plants!

Rachel - What kind of rock is that in the aquascape entry tank? It looks like elephant skin. VERY COOL!!

Your hair is looking awesome at the moment. like the colors.

Thanks so much for your channel. I am new to aquatics, and have learned so much. I love your species spotlight segment particularly.

How should keep the sword they look amazing if you dwarf them!I have a ''bonsai'' amazon sword in my shrimp tank and it looks great.

The new hair cut/color looks good!

Ok sorry this doesn't actually pertain to the video, but I didn't know any other way to ask a question. I recently moved to the south and have found out I have extremely high nitrates in my water. I don't have any extra money to buy stuff until mid December at the soonest. I need to be able to lower the nitrate levels in my tanks. I have pathos plant in each tank because it's the only plant I had around. Added it hoping to bring the levels down. Nitrates are still over 100ppm and show no signs of coming down. I already do 30% water changes daily. Tested water supply and it's as high as the tanks are. Please help me figure out what I can do since I'm broke as can be and can't seem to solve the problem with water changes. Thank you for any help you can offer.

cool tip Rachel. Thanks for sharing. :)

It was so Awesome to meet you at the show. You are an inspiration to us all. Killer tank at the show. You girls didba great job!